Columbine Harlequin. [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Columbine Harlequin. [graphic]
- Alternative Title
- Harlequin
- Published / Created
- [1745?]
- Publication Place
- London?
- Publisher
- publisher not identified
- Abstract
-
In an open landscape, an elegantly dressed Columbine is seated on a rock and taking a pinch of snuff from a large snuffbox. Her head is turned back slightly towards Harlequin who stands behind her gesturing dramatically
- Description
-
Title engraved below image.
Dated by costume.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Eight lines of verse in two columns (four lines under each name): Columbine. What would'st thou have fonr Harlequin? ... Harlequin. My charmer all I mean is love ...
One of a series of prints with the Commedia dell'arte characters.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Mounted to 17 x 17 cm, window mounted to 23 x 19 cm. - Provenance
- Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. 1, p. 131; May 1954;
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 160 x 160 mm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 745.00.00.43
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Satires (Visual works) England 1745
Engravings England London 1745
Etchings England London 1745 - Material
- etching and engraving ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Topic)
- Commedia dell'arte
- Subjects
-
Commedia dell'arte
England > 1745
England > London > 1745
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 8715529
- Object ID (OID)
- 10700459