File:The First Interview, or Happiness Sacrifised to Riches (BM 1935,0522.1.136).jpg
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[edit]The First Interview, or Happiness Sacrifised to Riches
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Artist |
After: Robert Dighton
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Title |
The First Interview, or Happiness Sacrifised to Riches |
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Description |
English: The interior of a well-furnished room. A young woman turns aside with a gesture of disgust from a young man of simian appearance who is grinning sheepishly. Her father stands behind her with outstretched arms, pleading desperately for her acceptance of the man. The suitor, holding his hat in both hands, turns away from the lady with an imbecile grin, but is being pushed towards her by a third man, probably his father. Through two sash-windows (left) appear houses and the steeple of a church. Between them is an oval mirror in a carved frame. A landscape hangs on the other wall (right). The floor is carpeted. 1784
Hand-coloured mezzotint |
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Date |
1784 date QS:P571,+1784-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q6373 |
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Prints and Drawings |
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Accession number |
1935,0522.1.136 |
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Notes |
Dighton's original watercolour for this print from the collection of Mr Jeffrey Rose was sold at Sotheby's, 23 February 1978, lot 2. The date, from a lettered state recorded by Christopher Lennox-Boyd, is '2 Feb. 1784.' Sale catalogue listings Carington Bowles, 1790, p. 110 no. 525. |
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Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1935-0522-1-136 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Permission (Reusing this file) |
© The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 |
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