About this image...

Image Title: Harmony Before Matrimony, 1805

Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, engraver

Date: 1805 October 25th.

Summary: A young woman and a fashionably dressed young man singing a duet. The woman plays a harp while looking over her shoulder at the music book, "Duets de L'Amour", which the man holds. On the table between the two is an open copy of Ovid's "Art of Love." Two cats play on sheets of music; two goldfish swim in a bowl; two roses grow in a vase. Other images reflect the concept of couples and love.

Subjects: Couples--Great Britain--1800-1810
Courtship--1800-1810
Love--1800-1810

Original Media: Etching

Collections: Cartoon Prints, British » more info...

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