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The Proposal (Primary Title)

Henry Hoppner Meyer, English, 1782 - 1847 (Artist)
after, George Henry Harlow, English, 1787 - 1819 (Artist)

19th century
English
Prints
Works On Paper
color stipple engraving on thick wove paper
European Art
Sheet (trimmed to plateline): 13 7/8 × 9 1/2 in. (35.24 × 24.13 cm)
Image: 9 11/16 × 7 9/16 in. (24.61 × 19.21 cm)
52.18
Not on view
Printed beneath image lower left: Painted by G.H. Harlow,/ Member of the Academy S. Luke, Rome. Printed beneath image lower right: Engraved by H. Meyer,/ 3, Red Lion Square, Bloomsbury. Printed beneath image in center: THE PROPOSAL./ Observe her Eyes__ the flatt'ring tales believ'd./ From the original Picture in the Gallery of/ Sir John Leicester, Bart. Inscribed in graphite lower right corner: 41.
Gift of the Richmond Public Library
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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