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1. The expostulation [graphic].
- Creator:
- Lane, Theodore, 1800-1828, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- Jany. 15, 1821.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H89 821 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Page 49. George Humphrey shop album.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "An elderly suitor in old-fashioned dress (right) and a youngish fashionably dressed woman (left) sit on upright chairs, the only furniture visible in an elegant room. He looks towards her with a gesture of deprecating reproach; she bends towards him, holding at arm's length to the left a cross and chain taken from an open jewel-box which she holds. A French window is behind her, through which appear the tops of hollyhocks. A descending staircase is seen through an open door on the extreme right. On the wall are whole length portraits of elderly husbands in well-known plays: Sir Peter Teazle ['Sch. for Scandal']; Lord Ogleby [Colman and Garrick, 'Clandestine Marriage']; [Da]vid Dawe [Cumberland, 'Wheel of Fortune']."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum catalogue., Four lines of verse below image, two on either side of title: When late I attempted your pity to move, why seemed you so deaf to my prayers, perhaps it was right to dissemble your love; but why did you kick me down stairs., Mounted on page 49 of: George Humphrey shop album., 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 24.3 x 34.5 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Published by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
- Subject (Topic):
- Courtship, Interiors, Chairs, Floor coverings, Draperies, Necklaces, Jewelry boxes, Windows, Hollyhocks, and Stairways
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The expostulation [graphic].
2. The expostulation [graphic].
- Creator:
- Lane, Theodore, 1800-1828, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- Jany. 15, 1821.
- Call Number:
- 821.01.15.02+
- Collection Title:
- Page 49. George Humphrey shop album.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "An elderly suitor in old-fashioned dress (right) and a youngish fashionably dressed woman (left) sit on upright chairs, the only furniture visible in an elegant room. He looks towards her with a gesture of deprecating reproach; she bends towards him, holding at arm's length to the left a cross and chain taken from an open jewel-box which she holds. A French window is behind her, through which appear the tops of hollyhocks. A descending staircase is seen through an open door on the extreme right. On the wall are whole length portraits of elderly husbands in well-known plays: Sir Peter Teazle ['Sch. for Scandal']; Lord Ogleby [Colman and Garrick, 'Clandestine Marriage']; [Da]vid Dawe [Cumberland, 'Wheel of Fortune']."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum catalogue., and Four lines of verse below image, two on either side of title: When late I attempted your pity to move, why seemed you so deaf to my prayers, perhaps it was right to dissemble your love; but why did you kick me down stairs.
- Publisher:
- Published by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
- Subject (Topic):
- Courtship, Interiors, Chairs, Floor coverings, Draperies, Necklaces, Jewelry boxes, Windows, Hollyhocks, and Stairways
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The expostulation [graphic].