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"A receipt [i.e. recipe] for courtship", a Dec. 21st 1805 caricature mildly satirizing the courting customs or romance rituals of 1805 England.
Poem contained in caricature:
- Two or three dears, and two or three sweets;
- Two or three balls, and two or three treats;
- Two or three serenades, given as a lure;
- Two or three oaths how much they endure;
- Two or three messages sent in a day;
- Two or three times led out from the play;
- Two or three soft speeches made by the way;
- Two or three tickets for two or three times;
- Two or three love letters writ all in rhymes;
- Two or three months keeping strict to these rules,
- Can never fail making a couple of fools.
The keyboard instrument at left signifies that music also played a role in the courtship process...
Edited from image on Library of Congress website at http://memory.loc.gov/master/pnp/cph/3g00000/3g04000/3g04700/3g04741u.tif
Bibliographic information found on the LoC site:
TITLE: A receipt for courtship
CALL NUMBER: PC 3 - 1805 - A receipt for courtship (A size) [P&P]
REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZC4-4741 (color film copy transparency) LC-USZ62-59614 (b&w film copy neg.) No known restrictions on publication.
SUMMARY: Young man handing young woman a note; text of poem is caricature of romantic courtship.
MEDIUM: 1 print : engraving, color.
CREATED/PUBLISHED: London : published by Laurie & Whittle, 1805.
NOTES: No. 417. British Cartoon Collection (Library of Congress)
SUBJECTS:
- Courtship--England--1800-1810
- Couples--England--1800-1810.
FORMAT: Cartoons (Commentary) British 1800-1810. Engravings British Color 1800-1810.
REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGITAL ID: (color film copy transparency) cph 3g04741 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3g04741 (b&w film copy neg.) cph 3b07356 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b07356
VIDEO FRAME ID: LCPP003B-07356 (from b&w film copy neg.)
CARD #: 96512570
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