Love in a stone coffin. Satirical etching, 1785 (British Museum 1868,0808.5412).
period print · 1785
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Wikimedia Commons reproduction of a British Museum satirical etching (accession 1868,0808.5412), dated 1785 in the Wikimedia / British Museum record (with a 23 June 1785 publication inscription noted in the catalogue). The British Museum catalogue identifies a foreground pamphlet in the print as 'Dr Graham to Married Ladys - Celestial Bed', which is the basis for connecting the print to Graham's Temple of Hymen on Pall Mall. The vision-pass review noted that at the reproduction's resolution the pamphlet text in the foreground is not clearly legible on the asset itself, so the case caption attributes the Graham link to the British Museum catalogue rather than asserting it is visible on the print. Public domain. Source for the artifact-role period print of the Celestial Bed satirized.
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Wikimedia Commons upload of a British Museum 1785 satirical etching of a churchyard scene whose foreground pamphlet, per the British Museum catalogue, is inscribed ‘Dr Graham to Married Ladys - Celestial Bed’ and anchors the satire to James Graham’s Temple of Hymen on Pall Mall. The case treats the Graham link as resting on the British Museum’s catalogue identification because the inscribed pamphlet is not clearly legible at the reproduction’s resolution.