Harmony before Matrimony

James Gillray

Harmony before Matrimony

London, H. Humphrey Oct.25^th 1805

Etching

250x350mm

Trimmed to border

£850

A rare Gillray musical caricature. A blissfully happy, smartly dressed, young couple sit in an elegant salon, singing from a score inscribed Duets du Amour. The slender, pretty young woman plays the harp while leaning back looking over her shoulder to read the music. On the floor two kittens play on some music sheets and in the background two fish kiss each other in a bowl, roses bloom on a console table and a cupid is depicted in a picture on the wall. BM 10472.