attr. Williams, Charles (fl. 1796-1830)

The Wedding Night [satirical print].

Two young Quakers sit primly side by side in bed. The woman (left) holds her thumbs and fingers wide apart, the hands almost touching at the finger-tips. The man's thumbs are in the same position, but the fingers are interlaced. They sit squarely, their heads slightly turned, looking sideways at each other. He asks: "Beloved Ruth—shall We go to sleep—or how?" She answers: "Why Obidiah if the Spirit moveth us we will how first—and go to sleep afterwards." The treatment is decorative, the heads slightly caricatured, the necks thin and elongated. A white tufted coverlet forms the base of the design, which is framed by curtains. Further inscription on the bottom: 'Among words which signify the same pr... ideas / some are clean & decent, others unclean some chaste / other obscene'; 'Talk not to a Lady in a way that modesty will not permit her to answer', the latter sentence from Samuel Richardson's 'Clarissa'.l Hand colored etching on paper with margins; plate mark: 246 x 325 mm, total: 266 x 348 mm; some slight damages along the most external margin, otherwise very charming print.

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Book number: 63268

Catalogue: Categories Categorieën, Erotica Etching Ets, Fashion Genre scene Genre, Mode, Nacht Night Scene Occasional Prenten, Prints Quakers Satirical prints Spotprenten, Vrouwen, Wedding Woman Women scene

VISSCHER, CORNELIS (II),

Horse robbery at night

Moonlit night scene with a young robber armed with a firearm leading away two horses. To the left a building is on fire. A woman stands in the doorway wringing her hands in despair as her husband lies wounded on the ground. Engraving on laid paper, by Cornelis Visscher (II) after Pieter van Laer, ca. 1655, sheet size: 403 x 325 mm., platemark: 368 x 293 mm., a very good and deep impression in excellent condition. Collector's mark stamped on the verso, from the collection of E. Fabricius (Lugt 847a)Ref.: Hollstein 54 (2/II); Dutuit 73.

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Book number: 69860

Catalogue: Night Scene