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Opera boxes. Plate 3 / T. Rowlandson delin ; S. Alken fecit.

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Samuel Alken
1756-1815

Opera boxes. Plate 3 / T. Rowlandson delin ; S. Alken fecit.

[London?] : [publisher not identified], [1785]
aquatint and etching, hand colored
image: 120 x 165 mm; sheet: 169 x 218 mm
Peel 1809
Notes
Title and suggested date of publication from Grego.
Library's copy has been trimmed within plate mark.
Plate number 3 in a set of 4 aquatints after Rowlandson depicting opera goers.
Provenance

Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.

Summary

Print shows four occupants of an opera box, including two women, one young and one older, seated and leaning against the front of the box as they attend to the performance below; seated beside the young woman at left is an older man, and standing behind her is a young man who leans over her slightly, with his hat in his hand.

Associated names
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Classification
Department