Antique Master Print-MONDAY-RETURN-SCHOOL-CHILD-MOTHER-Jones-Bigg-c. 1850

Subject: Antique print, titled: ‘Dulce Domum or the Return from School ‘, Children are coming home from school.

Condition: Excellent, given age. Remains of attachment to carrier to the rear of the sheet. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Medium: Photo engraving on a verge type hand laid paper.

Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 70.6 x 51 cm. The image size is ca. 62.2 x 49 cm.

Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 27.8 x 20.1 inch. The image size is ca. 24.5 x 19.3 inch.

Part Number: 44540

Location: PCO-P5-39 / Expo-179

Description: Originally published in 1790. This is a later reproductive etching..

Artists and Engravers: Made by John Jones after W.R. Bigg. John Paul Jones (c. 1745-1797) was a British engraver. He was appointed engraver extraordinary to the Prince of Wales, and was also the principal engraver to the Duke of York. He produced a large number of portraits, mainly after Reynolds, Romney and other contemporary painters. He was both a mezzotint and stipple engraver. William Redmore Bigg (1755-1828) was an English painter. He studied at the Royal Academy under Eward Penny. Bigg’s greatest pleasure lay in painting children. He produced small portraits and rustic genre pieces.