St. James's courtship / Rowlandson delin. & sculp.

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Thomas Rowlandson
1756-1827
St. James's courtship / Rowlandson delin. & sculp.
London : Pub April 10, 1799, by R Ackermann, 101 Strand, [1799]
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.743
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London : Pub. April 10, 1799, by R. Ackermann, 101 Strand, [1799]
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
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Two lines of verse below caption title: Here like the fly, vice flirts the painted wing without, all saint within, a venomed sting ...

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Print shows an ugly, elderly man in spectacles, seated at a small table with a coffee service and drinking coffee with a young woman who sits with him, raising a small cup to her lips.

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