Thomas Rowlandson
British, b.1757, d.1827
Sympathetic Lovers Cupids Magick Lanthern (Accompanied By Short Verse)
- Etching
- Sir Joseph Kinsey bequest
- 296 x 204mm
- 73/203
Tags: books, crying (weeping), dresses (garments), handkerchiefs, hats, jewelry, lockets, love, melancholy, men (male humans), people (agents), poetry, text (layout feature), wigs, women (female humans), words
From the series 'Lovers', eleven plates designed by George Moutard Woodward (ca. 1760-1809) and etched by Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827), published by Hooper & Wigstead, 1797-98.
The others in the series are entitled 'Drunken lovers', Quarrelsome lovers', 'Dukes place lovers' 'Aged lovers', 'Avaricious lovers', 'Forgiving lovers', 'Spiritual lovers', 'Country lovers', 'Platonic lovers' and 'Bashful lovers'.
A complete set is held at the Graphic Arts Collection, Princeton University Library.
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