Print Description
(‘Observe her eyes – the flatt’ring tales believ’d’). It shows three girls in a wood, one lying back on rocks at left with flower in hand and looking to front with a smile, her companion leaning against her, the third in right foreground holds a letter and looks towards her dreamily.
Made by H. Meyer after G.H. Harlow.
Medium: Handcoloured stipple engraving and etching, plate coloured (a la poupee) on laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 31 x 44 cm (12.2 x 17.32 inch). Image size: 21 x 32.7 cm. (8.27 x 12.87 inch).
Condition: very good, given age. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
LETTER-YOUNG WOMAN-FOREST-REST | DPO-PCO-B1-02
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Source: unknown, to be determined.
Biography engraver: Henry Hoppner Meyer (1780-1847) was a British painter and printmaker. He was a pupil of Bartolozzi. George Henry Harlow (1787-1819) was a British portrait painter, a pupil of Thomas Lawrence.
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