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| Japanned snuff-box by Samuel Raven, c. 1820-1840. Private collection. |
Object focus: A japanned papier mâché snuff-box, made in Birmingham c. 1820-1840, by Samuel Raven. The lid is painted with 'The Proposal: Observe her eyes; the flattering tale's believed' after George Henry Harlow (1787-1819) (below).
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| The Proposal, by George Henry Harlow, c. 1818. In a private collection. |
The painting was copied in prints by Henry Hoppner Meyer (1782-1847). It was probably from one such print that Raven took the design (below).
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| The Proposal, Meyer, after Harlow, c. 1818-1840. Held at Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. |
DETAILS
Underside of cover signed S. Raven pinx. / Patronised by H.R.H. the Duke of Sussex / & Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg. 10 cm in diameter.