Cosway, Maria Hadfield, 1759-1838, A progress of female virtue , 1800
- Title(s):
- A progress of female virtue / engraved by A. Cardon from original drawings by Mrs. Cosway.
- Published/Created:
- London : Pub. April 10. 1800, at R. Ackermann's, Repository of Arts, No. 101, Strand, 1800.
- Physical Description:
- [1], 8 leaves of plates : all ill. ; 28 x 35 cm.
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsN7630 .C67 1800+ Copy 1 OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection[Request]Rare Books and ManuscriptsN7630 .C67 1800+ Copy 2 OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection[Request]Rare Books and ManuscriptsN7630 .C67 1800+ Copy 3 OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection[Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3294606
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Abbey, J.R. Life in England in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 270
Cosway created a complementary series of illustrations, also published by Ackermann in 1800, titled: Progress of female dissipation.
Aquatints by Anthony Cardon; after Maria Hadfield Cosway. Title leaf engraved byb I. Girtin.
Engraved throughout and printed on tinted paper to give a midtone.
Fairman, Elisabeth R. Pleasures and pastimes, 36
BAC: British Art Center has three copies, all of which are paired with Cosway's Progress of female dissipation. Copy 1 bound in later boards; original printed title label (on blue paper) affixed to front cover. Copy 2 bound (in a single volume) with the dissipation series; bound by Rivière. With hand-coloring. Bookplate of Merton Russell Cotes. Copy 3 is the Abbey copy. Bound in contemporary brown paper boards, with red cloth back and corners.
A series of moral illustrations. Consists of title leaf and eight numbered aquatint engravings, all hand-finished. Each engraved plate includes two lines of verse explaining the virtuous task in which the girl or woman is engaged. - Subject Terms:
- Cotes, Merton Russell -- Bookplate.Rivière -- Bookbinding -- 1800.Women -- Conduct of life -- Early works to 1800.Women -- Pictorial works.
- Form/Genre:
- Aquatints.
Aquatints. - Export:
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Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
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