Antique Master Print-INNOCENT-MISCHIEF-CHILDREN-BUTTERFLY-Bonnefoy-Westall-1799

Medium: Stipple engraving on wove (vellin) paper.

Sheet size: 31.1 x 41.3 cm (12.24 x 16.26 inch). Image size: 27 x 35 cm. (10.63 x 13.78 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Light foxing, creasing and soiling. Paper loss in top left corner margin and thin paper at corners from attachment. Minimal surface damage the the image. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

CHILDREN, GENRE SCENE, 18TH CENTURY, MISCHIEF, BUTTERFLY, URN, INNOCENCE, SENTIMENTAL ENGRAVING, ENGLISH PRINT, WESTALL, BONNEJOY | PCO-B9-06

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Published by E. M. Diemar, Strand, London.

Biography engraver: Bonnefoy was an engraver working in the late 18th century in London, England; minimal surviving biographical data.

Biography artist: Richard Westall (1765-1836) was a British painter and illustrator known for historical, literary, and sentimental subjects. He illustrated editions of Shakespeare and other classics.