The Wane of the Honeymoon, 1789

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Medium

mezzotint on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 60.2 x 45.5 cm (23 11/16 x 17 15/16 in.)

sheet: 60.3 x 45.5 cm (23 3/4 x 17 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Paul Mellon Fund

Accession Number

2001.118.20

Artists / Makers

Robert Laurie (artist) British, 1755 - 1836

Francis Wheatley (artist after) British, 1747 - 1801

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left in plate: F. Wheatley; lower right in plate: Engraved by R. Laurie; lower center in plate: THE WANE OF THE HONEY-MOON / Fair opportunity Loves constant friend, Soon offers to accomplish Madam's end... / Published 1st Sepr. 1789 by Robt. Sayer 53, Fleet Street, LONDON
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Provenance

Christopher Lennox-Boyd; (Nicholas Stogdon, Oxford); purchased 2004 by NGA.

Associated Names

Lennox-Boyd, Christopher
Stogdon, N.G.