Alas ther is no happiness on this side the grave!!! - Then come my love to tihs [sic] / [graphic]

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Title: Alas ther is no happiness on this side the grave!!! - Then come my love to tihs [sic] / [graphic]
Alternative Title: Alas there is no happiness on this side the grave!!! : - Then come my love to this
Resurrectionist
Creator: Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
Contributor: McLean, T. publisher.
Published / Created: [not before 1 February 1830]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. Feb. 1st, 1830, by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket ...
Abstract: "In the centre of the design is an open grave from which a hand raises a wand topped by miniature antlers. It divides Lady Graves (left), youthful and handsome, from Cumberland, in the uniform of the Royal Horse Guards (Blues). They advance towards each other, he with arms outstretched. The title (her words) continues: 'Then come my love TO TIHS' [sic] (his words)."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image; alternative title etched above image: The resurrectionist.
Later state, with text added above image; for an earlier state lacking this text, see no. 16012 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 11.
Imprint continues: ... sole pub. of W. Heaths etching.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Provenance: Sold at Dominic Winter Auctions, 3 October 2018, lot 296. Purchased through Jarndyce; October 2018.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 26.1 x 38 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1830
Etchings England London 1830
Material: etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Graves, Mary Paget, Lady, 1783-1835
Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, 1771-1851
Subject (Topic): Couples
Graves
Military uniforms
British
Subjects: Graves, Mary Paget, Lady, 1783-1835 > Caricatures and cartoons
Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, 1771-1851 > Caricatures and cartoons
Couples
Graves
Military uniforms > British
England > 1830
England > London > 1830

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