print
- Museum number
- 2010,7081.6691
- Title
- Object: The Impending Mate
- Description
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A young couple in 18th century dress on a terrace, the man kneeling and taking the woman's hand, his elbows in her lap, looking up at her while she strokes his hair; his hat lies on a table with a chess board on the right; after Stone; before letters. 1848
Mixed method on chine collé
- Production date
- 1848
- Dimensions
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Height: 598 millimetres
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Width: 678 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- Declared to the Printsellers' Association. Pair to 'Mated' (2010,7081.6695)
The Lennox-Boyd database records a state with the title in semi-filled letters, and 'Painted by Frank Stone. // Engraved by W.H. Simmons. // London, Published 1st,, Dec,,r 1848, by E. Gambart & Co,, 25, Berners St. Oxford St. _ Deposé'
- Location
- Not on display
- 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
- 2010,7081.6691