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Marriage proposals

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  • Ratudhvaja courting Madalasa with the help of a female chaperone. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.
  • A common cold germ asking the father of a neurasthenia bacillus if he can marry her; he is refused on account of the social gap between them. Pen drawing by C. Harrison, 1913.
  • A young woman in Genoa is being proposed to, watched anxiously by her brother. Engraving by S. Davenport after S.J.E. Jones.
  • Three interlinked scenes of a fisherman with his nets, Cupid pointing an arrow at a young couple who are contemplating marriage and a physician. Etching.
  • Arjuna in disguise a dancing teacher wooing Subhadra. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.
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Catalogue

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    Astonishing X-Men. No. 50 / Marjorie Liu, writer ; Mike Perkins, artist.

    Liu, Marjorie M. | Date: 2012
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    A young woman in Genoa is being proposed to, watched anxiously by her brother. Engraving by S. Davenport after S.J.E. Jones.

    Jones, S. J. E. | Date: [1831] | Reference: 27532i
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    A common cold germ asking the father of a neurasthenia bacillus if he can marry her; he is refused on account of the social gap between them. Pen drawing by C. Harrison, 1913.

    Harrison, Charles, active 1920. | Date: 1913 | Reference: 15727i
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    A man whose height is being measured holds a proposal of marriage that he has received. Etching by R. Brichet, 1783, after J. F. de Göz.

    Goez, Joseph Franz, Freiherr von, 1754-1815. | Date: [1783] | Reference: 2954118i
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    Ratudhvaja courting Madalasa with the help of a female chaperone. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.

    Ravi Varma, 1848-1906. | Reference: 26650i
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