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A young lover (Alexis) apologises to the parents of Lydia, with whom he had eloped to Gretna Green to be married without having asked their permission: he pleads that he was more likely to be pardoned for an act that had not been refused. Engraving, 1792.
Date: [1792]Reference: 28279i- Pictures
Connocht Moran plays the lute to the daughter of an Ó Conchobhair King and urges her to elope with him. Etching by Charles West Cope, 1844.
Cope, Charles West, 1811-1890.Date: [1844]Reference: 2823109i- Pictures
An eloping couple on their way by coach to Gretna Green are delayed by snow one mile from their destination. Photogravure after L.J. Pott.
Pott, Laslett John, 1837-1898.Reference: 3223723i