‘The Harmony of Courtship” 18th Century Mezzotint Miniature Droll

‘The Harmony of Courtship” 18th Century Mezzotint Miniature Droll

Code: 10981

Dimensions:

H: 15cm (5.9")W: 11.3cm (4.4")

£125.00

"The Harmony of Courtship"
Printed by Carington Bowles (1724-1793)
Mezzotint Miniature Droll
London, 1793

Measures:-
15 cm x 11.3 cm (platemark)
18 cm x 12.8 cm + (with full margins)

Currently framed and glazed (unexamined out of frame) 

An amusing mezzotint, after a painting by Robert Dighton (1752-1814) (though uncredited here). The title beneath the image, along with the publication lines "Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles // No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London" / '406' // "Published as the act directs 1 May 1793 ~" Originally conceived as a humorous counterpoint to another print "The Discord of Matrimony".

Scarce. Carington Bowles died in 1793 and a single undated version of this print is located in the British Museum with publication line amended to "Printed for & Sold by Bowles & Carver. No.69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London." [see BM 1935,0522.2.124.c]