Antique Master Print-NOON-RUSTIC SCENE-RESTING-LUNCH-Bartolozzi-Hamilton-1790

Original antique master print showing a rustic 18th century scene. People are resting outside after labour.

Made by Francesco Bartolozzi after W. Hamilton.

Medium: Stipple engraving / etching with hand colouring on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 31 x 41 cm (12.2 x 16.14 inch). Image size: 25.5 x 35 cm. (10.04 x 13.78 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Paper browned, mostly visible in bottom margin. Original image cut out and mounted on thick sheet. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

NOON-RUSTIC SCENE-RESTING-LUNCH-LABOUR | DPO-A2-003-30

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Published in britain c. 1790.

Biography engraver: Francesco Bartolozzi (1725-1815) was a famous Italian engraver known for his refined stipple engraving, whose most productive period was spent in London.

Biography artist: William Hamilton RA (1751?1801) was an English painter and illustrator.