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The Proffered Kiss

Maker

(artist)
1769-1830

George Thomas Doo (engraver)
1800-1886

(publisher)

Title

The Proffered Kiss

Date of Production

15.2.1853

Medium

Ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 40.7 cm
Width: 27.2 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.4925

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords













touching

Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower centre margin & recto : : THE PROFFERED KISS. / To the Right Honorable Lord Charles Townshend / This engraving is respectfully dedicated /By his Lorship's most obedient Servant / Thomas Boys. / LONDON PUBLISHED FEB.Y 15 1853, BY THOMAS BOYS (OF THE LATE FIRM OF MOON, BOYS [ampersand] GRAVES) PRINTSELLER TO THE ROYAL FAMILY, 467, OXFORD STREET[colon] PARIS, E. GAMBART [ampersand] CO. 15 RUE CHARLOT, DEPOSE. ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED NOV. 9, 1836 //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower left margin & recto : : PAINTED BY SIR T. LAWRENCE, COMPLETED BY HIS PUPIL [?] //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower right margin & recto : : ENGRAVED BY GEORGE T. DOO, HIST.L ENG.R IN ORDINY TO HIS MAJESTY, 1836. //

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