Print shows an ugly and leering elderly man, identified as the London banker Thomas Coutts, embracing the actress Harriet Mellon (later Mrs. Coutts, and subsequently Duchess of St. Albans).

• Printmaker: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker.
  
• Title: Croesus and Thalia [print] : as rich as Croesus, as ripe as a melon / Rowlandson invt.
  
• Publication: [London : Pub. 15 May, 1815, by T. Palser, Surry Side Westr. Bridge, 15 May 1815]

Catalog Record & Digital Collection

815.05.15.01

Acquired June 2016