Print Description
two girls with sheet music, singing a ballad together. One of the girls wears a blue hat and a cape.
Made by John Jones after own design.
Medium: Stipple engraving, coloured in the plate (a la poupee) on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 29.3 x 38.3 cm (11.54 x 15.08 inch). Image size: 25 x 32 cm. (9.84 x 12.6 inch).
Condition: good, given age. A diagonal crease over the lower half of the image. Some foxing in the margins, and intermittent faint stains in the image. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
BALLAD SINGERS-SHEET MUSIC-GIRL-JOHN JONES | DPO-PCO-1-73
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Source: unknown, to be determined.
Biography engraver: John Paul Jones (c. 1745-1797) was a British engraver. He was appointed engraver extraordinary to the Prince of Wales, and was also the principal engraver to the Duke of York. He produced a large number of portraits, mainly after Reynolds, Romney and other contemporary painters. He was both a mezzotint and stipple engraver.
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