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Object Type: print
Museum number: 2010,7081.3868
Title: Object: Temptation
Description: A young woman sitting at a table under a tree in front of a cottage, on which food and drink is laid out with a basket with a board advertisting 'Spice Nuts', looking up to left at a handsome soldier who makes a bow, holding a tassell in right hand; after Morland; masked proof. 1790 Mezzotint
Producer name: Print made by: William Humphrey; After: George Morland
School/style: British
Production date: 1790
Materials: paper
Technique: mezzotint
Dimensions: Height: 506 millimetres; Width: 353 millimetres
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Bibliographic references: Chaloner Smith 1883 / British Mezzotinto portraits from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century (undescribed)
Location: Not on display
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: 2010,7081.3868

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