TITLE: Harmony before Matrimony / Js. Gillray, des. & Ft. CALL NUMBER: PC 1 - 10472 (B size) [P&P] REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZC4-8786 (color film copy transparency) RIGHTS INFORMATION: No known restrictions on publication. SUMMARY: A young woman and a fashionably dressed young man singing a duet. The woman plays a harp while looking over her shoulder at the music book, "Duets de L'Amour", which the man holds. On the table between the two is an open copy of Ovid's "Art of Love." Two cats play on sheets of music; two goldfish swim in a bowl; two roses grow in a vase. Other images reflect the concept of couples and love. MEDIUM: 1 print : etching, hand-colored. CREATED/PUBLISHED: [London] : H. Humphrey, 1805 October 25th. CREATOR: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, engraver. NOTES: Catalog of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8, no. 10472 Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: Gillray and the Art of Caricature. SUBJECTS: Courtship--1800-1810. Couples--Great Britain--1800-1810. Love--1800-1810. FORMAT: Etchings Hand-colored 1800-1810.Cartoons (Commentary) British 1800-1810. REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA DIGITAL ID: (color film copy transparency) cph 3g08786 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3g08786 CONTROL #: 2001695077
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