Harmony before matrimony [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Harmony before matrimony [graphic]
- Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Contributor
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Gillray, James, 1756-1815, artist.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher. - Published / Created
- [25 October 1805]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Publish'd October 25th, 1805, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
- Abstract
-
"A pretty young woman and a fashionably dressed man sing together seated on upright chairs. She (r.) plays the harp, her head thrown back to look over her shoulder at the music-book which he holds open: 'Duets de l'Amour'. On a round table which supports his elbow as he leans towards her is an open book: 'Ovid' [Art of Love]. She wears clinging draperies. Two cats gambol amorously on music-books on the ground. The elaborate deĢcor of the room stresses the subject of the design. A large wall mirror (l.) hangs above a marble console which is supported on winged heads; a butterfly flies towards its own reflection. Chinese vases containing roses (twin flowers) flank a bowl in which gold-fish swim to meet each other. One vase only is fully visible; it is a scene of courtship. Below the console a heart-shaped vase, decorated with a Sphinx, stands on the floor. An oval picture elaborately framed hangs above the heads of the lovers: a Cupid fires a blunderbuss at two doves billing on a dove-cot. This is flanked by carvings of flowers with (l.) crossed torches (of Hymen) and (r.) the bow and arrows of Cupid. In the foreground (r.) is one corner of a console table supported by a grinning satyr with a cloven hoof; on it is a myrtle plant in an ornamental pot. The luxury of the room is shown by an arcaded wall with pilaster reflected in the mirror, and by a palm-tree pilaster (as in BMSat 10303)."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
Companion print to: "Matrimonial-harmonics."
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Mounted to 28 x 39 cm. - Provenance
- Leverhulme-Auchincloss, Vol. XII.
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 26.2 x 36.2 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 805.10.25.02+
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Satires (Visual works) England 1805
Etchings England London 1805 - Material
- etching with stipple ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subjects
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England > 1805
England > London > 1805
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership
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
- 8513245
- Object ID (OID)
- 15813803