The Successful Fortune Hunter, or Captain Shelalee Leading Miss Marrowfat to the Temple of Hymen

Thomas Rowlandson

[1802], reissued 1818 · Hand-colored etching · Drawings and Prints

A strapping Irishman in quasi-military dress looks down at his bride, as he leads her across the Crescent in Bath. For the 1802 impression, see 56.567.16.

Artist

Thomas Rowlandson

Date

[1802], reissued 1818

Medium

Hand-colored etching

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959