Print Description
Al lady receives a letter from a young man wearing a cape, while her father looks over her shoulder.
Made by P.W. Tomkins after C. Ansell.
Medium: Handcoloured stipple and line engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 39 x 45.8 cm (15.35 x 18.03 inch). Image size: 33 x 33 cm. (12.99 x 12.99 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Light foxing and creasing. Small tear in right middle paper edge. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
LADY-FATHER-LETTER-YOUNG MAN | DPO-PCO-B1-08
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Rare proof edition before captions.
Biography engraver: Peltro William Tomkins (1760-1840) was an English engraver. He was the younger son of the landscape painter William Tomkins and a student of the reknown Francesco Bartolozzi. Charles Ansell (c. 1752-?) was an English painter. He was celebrated for his drawings and paintings of horses.
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