The harmony of courtship [art original]

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Description

Title
The harmony of courtship [art original]
Creator
Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, artist
Published / Created
[approximately 1796]
Publication Place
England
Abstract

A couple holding hands lean toward each other as they gaze into one another's eyes with affection

Description
Title written in pencil beneath image.
Signed by the artist in lower right.
Date from: Padbury, D. View of Dightons.
Numbered "406" in ink in lower left.
For a related mezzotint, published by Bowles & Carver, see no. 8920 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 7.
Provenance
From the collection of Jeffrey Rose; sold Sotheby's, London, 23 February 1978. Later owned by David Padbury. Purchased by The Lewis Walpole Library from Jarndyce, May 2024.
Extent
1 drawing : image 17 x 14 cm, on sheet 19.4 x 15 cm
Extent of Digitization
This object has been completely digitized.
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
Drawings D574 no. 9 Box D117

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Watercolors
Material
watercolor ; and wove paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Topic)
Couples
Courtship
Jewelry
Subjects
Couples
Courtship
Jewelry
Rose, Jeffrey > Ownership
Padbury, David > Ownership

Access And Usage Rights

Access
Public
Citation
Robert Dighton, Harmony of Courtship. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.

Identifiers

Orbis Record
17167417
Object ID (OID)
33223975

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