‘THE LITTLE DOMESTIC.’

– Original old master print showing a young girl inside a house sitting on the floor with a sleeping dog next to her.

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Description

Original old master print showing a young girl inside a house sitting on the floor with a sleeping dog next to her.

Made by Hellyer and Gaugain after R. Westall.

Medium: Etching / stipple engraving with hand colouring. on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 38 x 32.5 cm (14.96 x 12.8 inch). Image size: 32 x 24 cm. (12.6 x 9.45 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Foxing and browning in the margins and caption area. Minor paper loss right edge. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

THE LITTLE DOMESTIC-GIRL-DOG | DPO-A2-003-05

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Published by J & J Boydell in London, 1802.

Biography engraver: Hellyer and Gaugain (1756?1831), British and French engraver.

Biography artist: Richard Westall (1765 ? 1836) was an English painter and illustrator of portraits, historical and literary events, best known for his portraits of Byron. He was also Queen Victoria’s drawing master.