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[Three Gretna Green-related prints]The Last House in England (Near Gretna Green) [&] Gretna Green. [&] Gretna Green (Returning).
Various engravers.
All published in Carlisle, c.1840-5.
One lithograph and two steel-engravings, sheets each approx. 100 x 150mm (4 x 6"). Trimmed.
Gretna Green, in Scotland near the border with England, became the centre of the 'marriage trade' in the 18th century because Scotland was exempt from a law forbidding under-21s in England from marrying against their parents' will.
[Ref: 41649] £80.00
All published in Carlisle, c.1840-5.
One lithograph and two steel-engravings, sheets each approx. 100 x 150mm (4 x 6"). Trimmed.
Gretna Green, in Scotland near the border with England, became the centre of the 'marriage trade' in the 18th century because Scotland was exempt from a law forbidding under-21s in England from marrying against their parents' will.
[Ref: 41649] £80.00