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Deserter taking leave of his wife

Description

Abstract:
One of a suite of 4 color mezzotints by G. Keating after Morland of narrative scenes; a young man weeping as his wife embraces him, her arms around his neck, at the doorstep of a cottage, before he is led away by an officer and two soldiers carrying muskets - British Museum
Notes:
Large upright folio, matted; plate marks, margins slightly trimmed; clean, titles etc. almost rubbed away.
London, Parker Gallery, 1952.

Access Conditions

Rights
No Copyright - United States
Restrictions on Use
Collection is open for research.

Citation

Morland, George, "Deserter taking leave of his wife" (1791). Prints, Drawings and Watercolors from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:238133/

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