Serena

Adam Buck1799

Details

Title: Serena
Creator: John Wright after Adam Buck
Date Created: 1799
Subject Keywords: erotica, literature (writings), parody, satire, sexuality
Signatures / Inscriptions: Inscribed: “No sin with her to cast a private glance / O’er the dear pages of a new romance. / Eager in fiction’s touching scenes to find / A field to exercise her youthful mind. / The touching scenes new energy imprest / On all the virtues of her feeling breast.”
Object Type: Prints, works of art
Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Friends of the Davison Art Center funds, 1997
Materials & Techniques: Aquatint with hand coloring on buff wove paper
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Edition: Published 10 April 1799 by William Holland, No. 30 Oxford Street
Dimensions: 1820
Associated People: Created by John Wright (British (English), 1745-1820), After Adam Buck (British (English), 1759-1833)
Accession Number: 1997.16.8

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