The Captivating Mrs. C_pb_ll/The Generous Gallant

Date1781

Maker A. Hamilton

MediumLine engraving and etching on laid paper

DimensionsOverall: 5 1/4 × 8 1/4in. (13.3 × 21cm)

Credit LineMuseum Purchase, The Friends of Colonial Williamsburg Collections Fund

Object number2024-215

DescriptionLower margin reads: "The Captivating M.rs C_pb_ll./ The generous Gallant./ London, Publish'd by A. Hamilton Jun.r, Fleet Street 1 Aug.st 1781."
Label TextThis print was published in a regular series in Town and Country Magazine that focused on the scandals of London society. It was called "Tete a Tete." This series used fake names in thinly disguised accounts of both fictional and real romantic relationships between members of society. Paired portraits illustrated each short article. These paired portraits depicted Mr. Stratford, an aristocratic gentleman, and Mrs. Campbell, the widow of a Scottish lieutenant who was killed in America. Prior to meeting Mrs. Campbell, the Generous Gallant began the Grand Tour in Paris but was tricked out of his money and forced to return to London.
ProvenanceBefore 2024, Grosvenor Prints (London); 2024-present purchased by The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).