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1. The Norfolk method of improving the breed [graphic].
- Creator:
- Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [26 March 1822]
- Call Number:
- 822.03.26.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Thomas Coke of Norfolk leads his bride through a pastoral landscape; he prances gaily along hat in hand, turning to look at her, and singing, Oh the Days when I was Young; in his left hand is a book: Coke upon Littleton [see British Museum Satires No. 14423]. She takes his left arm, holding back the gauze veil that floats from a bonnet trimmed with flowers and towering feathers. Her tight-waisted pelisse has a deep crimson border. She is gravely demure, but sings: Of all the Gay Lads that Dance on the Green, Old Tommys the Lad for Me. He looks younger than 67, she older than 18. Behind them (right) is a country church, before them a signpost pointing To the Breeding Park and To the Nursery. An old ram branded C approaches a sheep; a French greyhound prances towards a decrepit and shaggy dog."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Questionably attributed to William Heath in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Collector's stamp in red on verso: half-length raised figure of fox with initials MW below., and Watermark: A. Stace 1801.
- Publisher:
- Pub. March 26th, 1822, by S.W. Fores, 41 Picadilly [sic]
- Subject (Name):
- Coke, Thomas William, Earl of Leicester, 1752-1842 and Keppel, Anna Amelia, Countess of Leicester, 1803-1844
- Subject (Topic):
- Spouses, Walking, Dogs, Sheep, and Traffic signs & signals
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Norfolk method of improving the breed [graphic].