Antique Master Print-SYLVIA-YOUNG-WOMAN-Taylor-Shelby-1787

This original antique print portays a young woman named “Sylvia”.

Made by Charles Taylor after S. Shelby.

Medium: Stipple engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 15.5 x 20 cm (6.1 x 7.87 inch). Image size: 12.4 x 17.3 cm. (4.88 x 6.81 inch).

Condition: good, given age. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

SYLVIA-YOUNG-WOMAN | PCO-E18-8

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

This print originates from ‘The Cabinet of Genius’, published 1787 in London by Taylor.

Biography engraver: Charles Taylor (1756-1823) was a British (stipple) engraver, also known as a man of letters and biblical scholar.