Print made by Giles Grinagain, active 1801–1807, British, Running Away with an Heiress, 1802
- Title:
- Running Away with an Heiress
- Date:
- 1802
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching with hand coloring in watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 8 × 9 1/4 inches (20.3 × 23.5 cm), Plate: , Image: 7 × 8 1/2 inches (17.8 × 21.6 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered in image: "How I do long for the | Blacksmith! | When shall | we get to Gretna Green! | I think I have got a great | prize at last! 40.000 £ | in Bank Stock is a weighty | Consideration!"; lettered below image, lower center: "Giles Grinagain inv'd et fecit | RUNNING AWAY WITH AN HEIRESS. | Published Jan'y. 1st 1802. by S. Howitt, Panton Street, Haymarket.".
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Godfrey Pearlson
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B2019.17.20
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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