print; satirical print

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Object Type: print; satirical print
Museum number: 2010,7081.1071
Title: Object: The Force of Love
Description: A young woman interposing herself between two men who are prepared to duel, the one on the right brandishing his drawn sword; a landscape, candelabra and open door in the background. 1797 Hand-coloured mezzotint with etching
Producer name: Published by: Laurie & Whittle
School/style: British
Production date: 1797
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials: paper
Technique: mezzotint; hand-coloured; etching
Dimensions: Height: 357 millimetres; Width: 253 millimetres
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Curator's comments: From a set: see also 2010,7081.7069.
Bibliographic references: BM Satires / Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum (undescribed); Chaloner Smith 1883 / British Mezzotinto portraits from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century (undescribed); Russell 1926 / English Mezzotint Portraits and their states: Catalogue of Corrections of and Additions to Chaloner Smith's "British Mezzotinto Portraits" (undescribed)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: interior; marriage/wedding; duel; satire
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Hon Christopher Lennox-Boyd
Funder name: With contribution from: National Heritage Memorial Fund; With contribution from: Art Fund; With contribution from: British Museum Friends; With contribution from: Friends of Prints and Drawings; With contribution from: Mrs Charles Wrightsman; With contribution from: Michael Marks Charitable Trust
Acquisition date: 2010
Acquisition notes: Acquired with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, the Friends of the British Museum, the Art Fund, Mrs Charles Wrightsman, the Michael Marks Charitable Trust, and numerous individual donors.
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 2010,7081.1071

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