Antique Master Print-TOM-JONES-DOWNMAN-BOYDELL-Clement-Simon-Downman-1789

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‘THE PHILOSOPHER SQUARER DISCOVERED – TOM JONES IN MOLLY SEAGRIM?S GARRET. PUBLISHED MAR. 25TH, 1789, BY JOHN & JOSIAH BOYDELL NO. 90 CHEAPSIDE LONDON.’

– A humorous interior scene featuring Tom Jones, Molly Seagrim, and a surprised onlooker in a garret, with details of attire and environment characteristic of the era.

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A humorous interior scene featuring Tom Jones, Molly Seagrim, and a surprised onlooker in a garret, with details of attire and environment characteristic of the era.

Made by A.L. Clement after John Peter Simon after John Downman ARA.

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

Sheet size: 47.2 x 37 cm (18.58 x 14.57 inch). Image size: 35 x 24.4 cm. (13.78 x 9.61 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Light foxing, soiling, and creasing. 2 Tears in top paper edge, backed. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

TOM JONES, 18TH-CENTURY LITERATURE, ENGRAVING, JOHN DOWNMAN, BRITISH ART, ROYAL ACADEMY, BOYDELL, SATIRICAL PRINTS, MOLLY SEAGRIM, GARRET SCENE | PCO-E21-29

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Published by John and Josiah Boydell, London, as part of their efforts to promote British art and literature through printmaking.

Reference: Royal Academy of Arts, object number 17/1069 (reverse copy).

Biography engraver: A.L. Clement, an English engraver active in the late 18th century.

Biography artist: John Peter Simon (01 Aug 1764 – ca. 1810) was an engraver, stipple-engraver, in London. Enrolled at Royal Academy Schools on December 31, 1778. Worked for John Boydell. John Downman ARA (1749-1824), a British portrait painter and draughtsman known for his elegant depictions of literary and genre scenes.

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Dimensions 37 × 47 × 1 cm

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