Print Description
Original antique master print showing two rustics outside a thatched building to right, one seated in profile to left, holding a tankard and a long-handled pipe, his staff propped against the wall, the other standing to left with his right hand on the table; trees to left.
Made by R. S. Syer after G. Morland.
Medium: Mezzotint engraving and etching with hand colouring. on wove (vellin) paper.
Sheet size: 34 x 44 cm (13.39 x 17.32 inch). Image size: 30 x 39.5 cm. (11.81 x 15.55 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Foxing and browning in the margins. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
ALEHOUSE DOOR-DRINKING-PUB-PIPE SMOKING | DPO-A2-003-14
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Pulished in London by I. R. Smith, dated 1801.
Biography engraver: R. Syer (1798-1801 fl. c.), British printmaker; painter/draughtsman.
Biography artist: George Morland (1763-1804) was an English painter of animals and rustic scenes. He was born in London, third son of Henry Robert Morland. His father, artist, engraver and picture restorer. Morland’s work in painting is characterised by the simple subjects he painted. He depicted the life he knew from his own experience. Morland worked closely with William and James Ward, and later married their sister Anne.
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