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ELOPEMENT.
Direct scan of object

ELOPEMENT.

DateFebruary 1, 1796
Publisher Haines & Son
MediumBlack and white mezzotint engraving with period hand color
DimensionsOH: 14 1/4" x OW: 10 3/8"; Plate H: 13 3/4" x W: 9 7/8"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1971-3329
DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "ELOPEMENT./ Camilla Elopes with her Lover./ London Published 1.st Feb.y 1796 by Haines & Son, 19 Rolls Buildings Fetter Lane."
ProvenanceIn 1796 Fanney Burney published in 5 volumes Camilla: or Picture of Youth. There is little doubt that this inspired this series of prints, if indeed they were not designed to illustrate this novel.