Print Description
Two farmers and a dog trekking trough a snow landscape while carrying bundles of firewood toward the cottage on the left.
Made by Thomas Williamson after George Morland.
Medium: Handcoloured stipple engraving. on wove (vellin) paper.
Sheet size: 63 x 55.3 cm (24.8 x 21.77 inch). Image size: 57 x 45.5 cm. (22.44 x 17.91 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Light foxing. Light ghosting from previous matting. Image near fine, but with considerable paper loss in top and left margins, backed. A few small tears in the paer edges. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
WINTER-FARMER-FIREWOOD-COTTAGE | DPO-PCO-LARGE
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Separate master print, published in 1812 in London by R. Lambe. These can both be prints made by old masters (artists) or prints made by others (artists, engravers, etchers) after old masters.
Biography engraver: Thomas Williamson (active c.1800-1832) was an English engraver, best known for his series of engravings of Oriental Field Sports. George Morland (1763-1804) was an English painter of animals and rustic scenes. He was born in London, third son of Henry Robert Morland. His father, artist, engraver and picture restorer. Morland’s work in painting is characterised by the simple subjects he painted. He depicted the life he knew from his own experience. Morland worked closely with William and James Ward, and later married their sister Anne.
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