Progress of gallantry, or, Stolen kisses sweetest [graphic]Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker[not before 14 February 1814]engAn obese, elderly sailor stands atop a fortified battlement looking out to sea through a telescope. Beside him a young woman turns to kiss a handsome young military officer as she holds up her wind-swept parasol. In front of him, at his feet, another young woman looks down at a sailor who gazes up at her with admiration. An old man shivers in the wind beside a sentry who stands with his back to the sea, smiling at the scene before himTitle etched below image.Later state; former plate number "313" has been replaced with a new number, and beginning of imprint statement has been burnished from plate.Date of publication based on complete imprint on earlier state: Pubd. Feby. 14, 1814, by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside. Cf. No. 12402 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9.Plate numbered "279" in upper right corner.Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 4.Also issued separately.Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, pages 275-6.1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 35.2 x 24.8 cm, on sheet 37.1 x 25.7 cm.Mounted on leaf 6 of volume 13 of 14 volumes.