Antique Master Print-FISHERMEN-DONKEY-BOAT-SEA-COAST-DOG-Smith-Morland-c. 1790

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‘FISHERMEN.’

– Original antique master print after George Morland showing fisherman on the British coast. On the right figures with a donkey and a dog.

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Description

Original antique master print after George Morland showing fisherman on the British coast. On the right figures with a donkey and a dog.

Made by J. R. Smith after G. Morland.

Medium: Etching / stipple engraving with hand colouring on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 44 x 37.5 cm (17.32 x 14.76 inch). Image size: 43 x 37 cm. (16.93 x 14.57 inch).

Condition: fair, given age. Several imperfections. Paper browned. Plate cropped, narrow margins with several tiny tears. One larger tear bottom edge, just outside image. Some crinkles and light creases. Sold as is. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

FISHERMEN-DONKEY-BOAT-SEA-COAST-DOG | DPO-A2-003-38

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Published in Britain c. 1790.

Biography engraver: John Raphael Smith (1751-1812) was a British painter and mezzotinter. He was the son of Thomas Smith of Derby, the landscape painter, and father of John Rubens Smith, a painter who emigrated to the United States. .

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.

Additional information

Dimensions 37 × 44 × 1 cm

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