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The married senator and operatic syren
[London] : [publisher not identified], [1791]
etching and engraving with stipple
image: 145 x 97 mm; plate mark: 161 x 100 mm, sheet: 164 x 104 mm
Peel 2291
Notes
Plate from: Bon Ton magazine, December 1791, v. i, p. 363.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
Print shows a man (left) and woman (right) seated in conversation; the woman wears a plumed headpiece and décolleté gown and holds a musical score in one hand; the man leans forward with his hands on his knees, regarding her attentively.
Associated names
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Classification
Department
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