Love and learning, Isaac Cruikshank, 1797

Plate 56 to 'eccentric excursions, or. Literary & pictorial sketches of countenance, character and country, in. . England & south wales'. A handsome and fashionably dressed undergraduate sits on a bank under a tree, his left arm round the shoulders of a pretty young woman holding a basket. On the ground lies a dog, his collar inscribed 'ic'. Woodward professes to have seen them when travelling from woodstock to islip. 27 january 1797 hand-coloured etching. Date: 1797. Dimensions: Height: 231 mm; Width: 192 mm. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Love and learning (BM 1927,0308.137)