Print Description
Original old master print showing a young girl feeding pigs.
Made by Ogborne and Gaugain after R. Westall.
Medium: Etching / stipple engraving with hand colouring. on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 38 x 32.5 cm (14.96 x 12.8 inch). Image size: 32 x 24 cm. (12.6 x 9.45 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Foxing, mainly visible in the margins. Minor crinkle. Plate trimmed close to platemark with minot paper loss right edge. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
GIRL-FEEDING PIGS | DPO-A2-003-05
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Published in Britain, 1802.
Biography engraver: John Ogborne (1755-1837) was a British stipple engraver. He has made some of the finest stipple engravings of his time. He was the son of the stipple engraver and publisher David Ogborne.
Biography artist: Richard Westall (1765 ? 1836) was an English painter and illustrator of portraits, historical and literary events, best known for his portraits of Byron. He was also Queen Victoria’s drawing master.
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