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'The Agreeable Surprise'
'The agreeable surprise' by Richard Hatfield after Henry James Richter.
Two young women in flowing gowns, sitting on a bench, under a tree are listening to an older woman sitting reading a letter.
It may relate to Marivaux's Play 'l'Heureux Stratageme' (translated in English as the Agreeable Surprise), or O’Keefe’s musical comedy The Agreeable Surprise (1785).
This print is published by the firm Smith, Elder & Co. The brother of Margaret Brodie Herschel (nee Stewart), Peter Stewart worked for Smith, Elder & Co as a printer.
Two young women in flowing gowns, sitting on a bench, under a tree are listening to an older woman sitting reading a letter.
It may relate to Marivaux's Play 'l'Heureux Stratageme' (translated in English as the Agreeable Surprise), or O’Keefe’s musical comedy The Agreeable Surprise (1785).
This print is published by the firm Smith, Elder & Co. The brother of Margaret Brodie Herschel (nee Stewart), Peter Stewart worked for Smith, Elder & Co as a printer.
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Object Details
| ID: | PAH6190 |
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| Type: | |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Hatfield, Richard; Richter, Henry James Smith, Elder & Co |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Herschel Collection |
| Measurements: | Sheet: 151 x 217 mm |
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