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The amorous old batchelor

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William Darling
1737-1789

The amorous old batchelor

Published

[London] : Published as the Act Directs July 21, 1771, by W. Darling Engraver in Great Newport Street, [1771]

etching
image: 194 x 166 mm; plate mark: 247 x 190 mm; sheet: 255 x 200 mm
Peel 2620
Notes
Title from item.
Provenance

Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.

Summary

Print shows an older man standing at left beside a young flower seller in a tattered dress; he digs his hand into his coat pocket as she hands him a flower.

Associated names
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints