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Drink to me only with thine eyes. And I will pledge with mine! – Antique Wall Art

Drink to me only with thine eyes. And I will pledge with mine!, 1797 May 8. — historic print
Drink to me only with thine eyes. And I will pledge with mine!, 1797 May 8.. Historic print from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Its title borrows the opening line of Ben Jonson's love poem "To Celia," and the joke turns on the difference between a lover's gaze and a drinking companion's pledge. Richard Newton, a London caricaturist who worked in the 1780s and 1790s, produced many such hand-colored etchings, which were sold in print shops and drew on the fashions, flirtations, and social pretensions of the day. The record gives 1797 as the date, though that information comes from the caption card and has not been independently verified. Newton's prints are valued for their quick, witty line and for the way they capture the manners of late Georgian society.

Created / published1797 May 8.
Medium1 print : hand-colored etching.
NotesHand-colored etching by Richard Newton. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified data from caption card.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,330 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-172922

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