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The contented pair
Title
The contented pair [graphic].
Publication
[London] : Pub. by MDarly, 39 Strand, [1770?]
Physical Description
1 print : etching and engraving ; sheet 24.6 x 16 cm
Medium
laid paper.
Local Notes
Temporary local subject terms: Male costume, 1770 -- Female costume, 1770.
Notes
Title etched below image.
Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram.
Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Provenance
With the armorial bookplates of "Fraser, of Ledeclune, baronet" and "Herbert Henry Raphael" in volume. Sold at Sotheby's, 22 April 1901, to Sotheran.
Summary
A fashionably dressed young man and woman stand on a patterned rug, his arms around her waist. The young woman's hat obscures her eyes.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 13, 2022
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1770.
Etchings - England - London - 1770.
Engravings - England - London - 1770.
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