File:The Elopement (BM 1859,0709.674).jpg

English: After John Collet, plate 2 from a series of four. A sequel to BMSat 6148. A young girl (right) is descending some steps by which she has crossed a high paling, her lover in profile to the right receives her in his arms. An old hag waits, standing (right) holding a purse in her left hand. These three figures are intended for those in Plate I, but the lady looks many years younger; she wears a wide-brimmed flat hat over a close-fitting hood and a cape, instead of the more elaborate dress of Pl. I. Her lover wears military dress, with aiguillettes on the shoulder denoting a dragoon. A post-chaise and pair waits (right) outside a low paling; on the panel is a coat of arms with the motto "Ready". The postilion and coachman stand near their master (left): the former is lifting up a small corded trunk, while a dog worries his cap which is on the ground; the coachman examines the priming of a pistol. At the foot of the ladder is a rectangular box tied with ribbon, inscribed "For Miss Fanny Falsestep". Behind the paling (right) is a notice board: "Notice is hereby given that a Man Trap is set every Night within these Pales". In the lane where the post-chaise waits is a sign-post, pointing (left) "To London" and (right) "This leads to the Great Northern Road". In the background are trees, a cottage with a dovecote, and the tower of a church, the clock pointing to seven minutes past five. See BMSat 6148, 6150, 6151. 24 June 1782
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