The Nuptial-Bower; "To the Nuptial-Bower he led her Blushing Like the Morn with the Evil-one, Peeping at the Charms of Eden." (from Milton)
Date:
1797
Materials & Techniques:
Etching, hand-colored
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/2 x 13 7/16in. (24.1 x 34.1cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered inside image, center left: "Treasury"; lower right: "Js. Gy. inv. & fec. | Pub.d Feb. 13th 1797 by H. Humphrey New Bond Street" below image, lower center: "'To the Nuptial-Bower, he led her, Blushing like the Morn.' | The NUPTIAL-BOWER; with the Evil-One, peeping at the Charms of Eden. From Milton."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection