Print Description
A seated female figure fastening a letter to a messenger pigeon, to send to her love. She is seated in a wooded area next to a stream with a small cataract, the pigeon’s basket open beside her.
Made by P. Dawe after Morland.
Medium: Handcoloured mezzotint engraving. on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 24.6 x 32 cm (9.69 x 12.6 inch). Image size: 24.4 x 31.5 cm. (9.61 x 12.4 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Image fine. Paper loss in top left corner and below, backed. Remains of tape on rear from previous attachment. Plate trimmed. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
MESSENGER-PIGEON-FOREST-CAGE-MESSAGE | DPO-PCO-1-15
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Published in London by W. Dickinson in 1787.
Biography engraver: Philip Dawe (c.1745-1809) was a British painter and mezzotinter of portraits and satires on fashion. Natural son of a city merchant; pupil and relation by marriage of Henry Morland, after whom he often worked; father of George Dawe. Exhibited 1761-82. Worked mostly for Sayer and for Bowles, but published some early states himself.
Biography artist: George Morland (1763-1804) was an English painter of animals and rustic scenes.
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