Thomas Rowlandson (1757-1827)
Progress of gallantry, or stolen kisses sweetest. 14 - 14 Feb 1814
Hand-coloured etching | 35.5 x 25.2 cm (sheet of paper) (sheet of paper) | RCIN 810917
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A hand-coloured print of an obese man standing on a sea wall peering through a telescope, his gut hanging out. Alongside him stands his pretty young wife who, seizing her chance, kisses a young army officer. To the left of the couple stands an old man, bent against the wind with his hat tied on to his head. A guard holding a rifle stands in the background. In the foreground, another couple sit gazing at each other with their hands interlaced. Inscribed in the plate: 313 / Rowlandson Del / Pub[lishe]d Feb[ruar]y 14 1814 by Thos Tegg No 111 Cheapside
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Hand-coloured etching
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35.5 x 25.2 cm (sheet of paper) (sheet of paper)
35.2 x 25.1 cm (plate mark) (platemark)
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BM Satires : Catalogue of political and personal satires preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum ... 11 v. in 12. – BM Satires 12402Bibliographic reference(s)
BM Satires : Catalogue of political and personal satires preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum ... 11 v. in 12. BM Satires 12402
