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Scenes about courtship

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Scenes about courtship

Collection:CSM Museum & Study Collection
Date: c.1820
Dimensions:
247 x 320 mm (24.7 x 32 cm)
Object number: P.75.1-7
DescriptionIllustrations of well-to-do fashionably dressed young people in country settings: 1. L'eau. (Young man, two young women and little girl in rowing boat on river.) 2. Nemorin offre a Estelle un nid de fauvettes. (Young man kneeling and offering young woman nest of baby birds. Each couple has a dog. In the distance, under tree, with another dog, young man plays pipe for young lady. Sheep all around.) 3. Le tirer du chasseur. (Young man with dog shooting rabbit while young woman looks on. In the distance man on horseback, with dog, chases stag.) 4. La terre. (Young man watching while young woman with boy and girl feeds pet sheep. Harvesting going on in background.) 5. La demande en mariage. (Young man in military dress about to propose to young woman with child. Older couple urge him on.) 6. La demande en mariage. (Young man leads young woman by hand to older lady seated on chair in garden.) 7. Ruine et desespoir de l'enfant prodigue. (Young man leaving in distress a table on balcony at which three young women and another young man are playing cards. He scatters his cards on ground behind him.)