Dying for Love, or Captain Careless, Shot Flying by a Girl of Fifteen who Unexpectedly Popped Her Head out of a Casement

Thomas Rowlandson|Thomas Tegg

1810 · Hand-colored etching · Drawings and Prints

Dying for Love, or Captain Careless, Shot Flying by a Girl of Fifteen who Unexpectedly Popped Her Head out of a Casement — Thomas Rowlandson|Thomas Tegg

A young officer holds hands with a girl who leans her head out of a cottage window. Three old women stare at them in disdain, and a dog barks at them.

Artist: Thomas Rowlandson|Thomas Tegg
Date: 1810
Medium: Hand-colored etching
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959