Print Description
Original antique master print. It shows an idyllic rustic scene, with pastures in a mountainous landscape. Several cows and sheep are grazing and resting, also inside two natural caves. Two men are picking fruit on the foreground, while two other men stand at the edge of the river which crosses the center of the image.
Made by James I Roberts after Thomas Smith.
Medium: engraving / etching on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 55 x 39.5 cm (21.65 x 15.55 inch). Image size: 52.5 x 38.5 cm. (20.67 x 15.16 inch).
Condition: very good, given age. Margins cropped close to the platemark. Small tears in the margins and corners restored with acid-free archival tape. Top left corner remargined and retouched. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
PASTORAL-LANDSCAPE-CATTLE-ASHBOURN | DP-B1-24
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Original antique master print published by John Boydell, in London 1769. Our definition of a Master Print is a seperately published print or series of prints, not being an illustrative print to a text. These can both be prints made by old masters (artists) or prints made by others (artists, engravers, etchers) after old masters. Artists and Engravers: Engraved by Roberts after a painting by Smith.
Biography engraver: James I Roberts (c.1725-1799) was a portrait painter and engraver.
Biography artist: Thomas Smith of Derby (died 1767) was a British lanbdscape painter. He made numerous paintings of landscapes with historic houses. He was the father of John Raphael Smith of Derby.
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