Print Description
Three figures in a boat beside a rock cliff, one rowing while the second holds a lamp, while the third is readying himself to spear a fish. Similar boats in the background.
Made by J.W. Archer after G. Balmer.
Medium: Handcoloured engraving. on wove (vellin) paper.
Sheet size: 21 x 13.3 cm (8.27 x 5.24 inch). Image size: 18 x 11.5 cm. (7.09 x 4.53 inch).
Condition: good, given age. 3 Small holes in top margin from binding. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
BOAT-ROWING-LAMP-SPEAR FISH-FISHING | DPO-PCO-2-43
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
From New Sporting Magazine’, 1837.
Biography engraver: John Wykeham Archer (1808-1864) was a British topographical watercolourist, engraver and illustrator. This includes a series of etchings of monuments and architectur of London: “Vestiges of Old London”, published 1851. George Balmer (1806-1846) was a British painter and draughtsman of mainly marine and coastal subjects.
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