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Dighton the Elder (Robert, 1752-1814) The Harmony of Courtship; The Dischord of Matrimony, a pair, original drawings for mezzotints, point of the brush and ink with watercolour, signed, numbered '106' and '107', and inscribed within caption space below, each approx. 160 x 120 mm. (6 1/4 x 4 3/4 in), under glass, some light toning, exposure lines and surface dirt, uniformly framed, [circa 1790s] (2) Provenance: Mr Jeffrey Rose; his executor's sale, Sotheby's, 23rd February 1978, 23rd February 1978, lot 1 Anonymous sale; Ex-collection of David Padbury Engraved: Mezzotints published by Bowles & Carver, circa 1796 Literature: BM Satires 8920 and 8921 Padbury, The Dighton family, their times, caricatures and portraits, 2007, p. 80