Print Description
Original antique master print, titled: ‘Sunday Morning a Cottage Family going to Church’. It shows: a family (father, mother, grandmother and several children) are heading out to church from their cottage home. Grandmother is seated on a donkey.
Made by William Nutter after William Redmore Bigg.
Medium: stipple engraving / etching with hand colouring on wove paper.
Sheet size: 60 x 51 cm (23.62 x 20.08 inch). Image size: 57.5 x 50 cm. (22.64 x 19.69 inch).
Condition: very good, given age. Small creases in the bottom margin. Paper loss to top margin. Rear: paper erosion from earlier mounting to carrier. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
COTTAGE-FAMILY-CHURCH-SUNDAY-DONKEY-BIBLE | DP-A1-001-20
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Master print published by W.R. Bigg in 1795. Our definition of master print is: a seperately published print or series of prints, not being an illustrative print to a text. These can both be prints made by old masters (artists) or prints made by others (artists, engravers, etchers) after old masters. Artists and Engravers: Engraved by W. Nutter after W.R. Bigg.
Biography engraver: William Nutter (1754-1802) was an British engraver.
Biography artist: William Redmore Bigg (1755-1828) was an English painter. He studied at the Royal Academy under Eward Penny. Bigg’s greatest pleasure lay in painting children. He produced small portraits and rustic genre pieces.
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