print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1977,U.507.6
- Title
- Object: The larking cull.
- Description
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Two young lovers on a couch in a bedroom interior, the man kneeling above the woman, who presses her breasts to his member as he reaches back to touch her; dresser behind to left, large mirror to right; 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: 173 millimetres
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Width: 113 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.546, 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.507.6
