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Love in a cottage
Title
Love in a cottage [graphic].
Publication
[London] : [publisher not identified], [approximately 1820]
Physical Description
1 print : etching ; sheet 35.5 x 25.1 cm
Medium
wove paper
Notes
Title etched below image.
Another version, perhaps a copy, of a print by William Heath entitled "Georgy's delight, or, More cunning than cautious!!!" that was published 16 December 1820 by S. Hough. See no. 14018 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 10.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins.
Four lines of verse beneath title: Georgy loves good ale and wine, And Georgy loves good brandy, And Georgy loves his C-n-g-m, As sweet as sugar candy.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Provenance
Sold by London's Dulau and Company to the New York City bookseller Ernest R. Gee in 1928. Earlier ownership by W.E. Gladstone is suggested by a manuscript note from Dulau formerly laid into the front the first volume (now in the object file), which states that "These came from the Gladstone Library at Court Hey, Broad Green. The manuscript notes written below the caricatures are in the handwriting of W.E. Gladstone."
Summary
"The King sits on a sofa with the fat Lady Conyngham on his knee, and one foot planted regally on a footstool; he flourishes a glass, spilling the contents; a broken bottle lies at his feet. Beside him (right) is a table with fruit and a decanter of 'Coniac'. She embraces him, kissing his cheek."--British Museum online catalogue, description of another version of the same design.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 27, 2024
Subjects
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Genre/Form
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1820.
Etchings - England - London - 1820.
Annotations (Provenance) - 19th century.
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