Antique Master Print-GRANDMOTHER-GRANDCHILDREN-FOREST-GATE-Morland-T.V.-1804

a grandmother and two grandschildren following her through a forest landscape with a fence.

Made by George Morland after T.V.

Medium: Handcoloured soft ground etching. on wove (vellin) paper.

Sheet size: 29 x 33.3 cm (11.42 x 13.11 inch). Image size: 22.5 x 25.7 cm. (8.86 x 10.12 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Light creasing. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

GRANDMOTHER-GRANDCHILDREN-FOREST-GATE | DPO-PCO-B1-49

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

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Biography engraver: Monogram T.V. below the image. Signed in the plate G. Morland. Engraved by T.V. after G. Moreland. 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.