print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1977,U.507.2
- Title
- Object: The wanton frolic
- Description
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A young woman lying on her back on the floor of a drawing room, her skirts drawn up to her waist and her legs in the air; an eager young man kneeling at right grasps his member with one hand and her left ankle with the other; table and piano behind at left; copy of a print by Rowlandson, illustration to 'Pretty little games for young ladies & gentlemen...' ([London:] Hotten, 1872). 1872
Photogravure
- Production date
- 1872
- Dimensions
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Height: 162 millimetres
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Width: 114 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- A photogravure copy of Rowlandson's original plate of c. 1800, for which see 1977,U.583, made as one of ten reproductions of erotic subjects by Rowlandson for 'Pretty little games for young ladies & gentlemen. With pictures of good old English sports and pastimes. By T. Rowlandson. 1845. A few copies only printed for the artist's friends'. This book was published in 1872 with additional letterpress by John Camden Hotten; a copy is held at the British Library, pressmark P.C.31.f.8.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Pretty little games for young ladies & gentlemen. With pictures of good old English sports and pastimes.
- Acquisition date
- 1753-1977
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1977,U.507.2
