A young woman is weeping as she is being offered in marriage by her mother to a old, lame man. Engraving by J. Goldar after J. Collet, 1767.

  • John Collett
Date:
Octr. 15th 1767
Reference:
27536i
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On the man's table is an open book "The art of love"; next to it, a monkey seizes a cat. On the right is a neoclassical painting of a Greek or Roman sacrifice. The mother indicates her daughter's ample bosom

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London (No. 132 Fleet Street) : T. Bradford, Octr. 15th 1767.

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1 print : engraving ; image 27.3 x 33.9 cm

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The sacrifice. J. Collett pinxt. J. Goldar sculpt. Engraved after an original picture of Mr John Collett, in the possession of Mr Bradford.

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Wellcome Collection 27536i

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