Print made by Giles Grinagain, active 1801–1807, BritishPublished by Samuel Howitt, 1756–1822, British
Title:
Running Away with an Heiress
Date:
1802
Materials & Techniques:
Etching with hand coloring in watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 × 9 1/4 inches (20.3 × 23.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered in image: "How I do long for the | Blacksmith! | When shall | we get to Gretna Green! | I think I have got a great | prize at last! 40.000 £ | in Bank Stock is a weighty | Consideration!"; lettered below image, lower center: "Giles Grinagain inv'd et fecit | RUNNING AWAY WITH AN HEIRESS. | Published Jan'y. 1st 1802. by S. Howitt, Panton Street, Haymarket.".
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Godfrey Pearlson