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Modern Graces
Title
Modern Graces [graphic] / H. Bunbury Esqr. delint. ; E. Scot [sic] sculpt., engraver to their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of York & Clarence.
Publication
London : Published May 1st, 1791, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly, [1 May 1791]
Physical Description
1 print : stipple engraving, etching, and engraving ; image diameter 30.4 cm, on sheet 38.1 x 35.5 cm
Medium
laid paper.
Notes
Title from text below image.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Text below title: Grace is in all their steps, in every gesture dignity & love.
Provenance
Sold at Strawberry Hill Sale, day viii, lot 50, to H.G. Bohn, £7.7.0 [London, 733]; from an undergraduate at King's College, through Scribner's, May 1952, to W.S. Lewis, $225.
Summary
"Three women walking side by side in a field, at left holding a lute and pointing towards the silhouette of a town at right, the figure at right holding a tambourine and the third in the centre wearing a wide brimmed hat and looking directly out at the viewer."--British Museum online catalogue.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 20, 2020
Subjects
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Genre/Form
Genre prints.
Stipple engravings - England - London - 1791.
Etchings - England - London - 1791.
Engravings - England - London - 1791.
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