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Samuel Alken
1756-1815
Opera boxes. Plate 3 / T. Rowlandson delin ; S. Alken fecit.
[London?] : [publisher not identified], [1785]
Peel 1809
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[London?] : [publisher not identified], [1785]
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Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
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.
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.
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