Download/Print Selected Image
Copy Caption to clipboard
Print made by Robert Laurie, 1755?–1836, British, The Wane of the Honeymoon, 1789
- Title:
The Wane of the Honeymoon
- Date:
- 1789
- Medium:
- Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 26 1/4 × 20 inches (66.7 × 50.8 cm), Plate: 24 × 18 inches (61 × 45.7 cm), Image: 22 × 18 inches (55.9 × 45.7 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, lower right: "M.4394 pair | 623"
Lettered below image: "Painted by F.Wheatley | Engraved by R.Laurie | THE WANE OF THE HONEY - MOON. | Fair opportunity Loves constant friend, | Soon offers to accomplish Madam's end; | At masque she meets a Spark - they both retire, | Unmask - my Wife! - my Spouse! - Hell! flames & fire! | Published 1st Sepr. 1789 by Robt. Sayer 53 Fleet Street, London."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1970.3.691
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:22388
- Export:
- XML
- IIIF Manifest:
- JSON
Francis Wheatley (Yale Center for British Art, 2005-08-31 - 2006-02-05) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
If you have information about this object that may be of assistance please contact us.