"Oh! Listen to the voice of love" [graphic].

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Title: "Oh! Listen to the voice of love" [graphic].
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
Contributor: Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: 1799 November 14
Copyright Date: [14 November 1799]
Publication Place: [London]
Publisher: H. Humprey, No. 27 St. James's Street
Abstract: "An ugly man (left) kneels (on a spotted handkerchief) at the feet of a plain old maid seated on an upright chair; he holds her left hand, his right is on his breast. She holds up her fan in a way more encouraging than coy. Both grin broadly. A patterned carpet and plain wall complete the design."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description: Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Title etched below image.
Extent: 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 22 x 19 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Format: still image
Genre: Etchings--England--London--1799.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1799.
Subject (Name): Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.

Access: Public
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Citation: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7, no. 9450
Wright, T. Historical and descriptive account of the caricatures by James Gillray, no. 458
Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, p. 267