Description

A print of a horse. A proof before finishing and addition of captions.

Made by Simon Fran?ois Ravenet after Peter Tillemans.

Medium: Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 26.6 x 20.7 cm (10.47 x 8.15 inch). Image size: 16.1 x 17.4 cm. (6.34 x 6.85 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Light soiling and some paper loss in paper edges. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

DRAWING-EXAMPLE-HORSE-MARE | PCO-C21-18

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Artist’s Vademecum by Robert Sayer (1725-1794), a leading publisher and seller of prints, maps and maritime charts in Georgian Britain. He was based near the Golden Buck on 53 Fleet Street in London.

Biography engraver: Simon Fran?ois Ravenet (1706-1774) was a French engraver. In Britain, he is usually termed Simon Francis Ravenet. He was one of William Hogarth’s assistants.

Biography artist: Peter Tillemans (c.1684-1734) was a Flemish painter, best known for his works on sporting and topographical subjects. Alongside John Wootton and James Seymour, Tillemans was one of the founders of the English school of sporting painting.