Print Description
(‘Firm as the rock on which I lean / my mind is fixt, and cannot rove; / tho foaming billows roll between / I’ll ne’er forsake the youth I love’) a full-length portrait of a lady standing near the sea-side, the personification of Constancy.
Made by William Ward after George Morland.
Medium: Colour stipple engraving on wove (vellin) paper.
Sheet size: 25 x 36 cm (9.84 x 14.17 inch). Image size: 21.5 x 33 cm. (8.46 x 12.99 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Quite some foxing, both in the margins and on the image. Damp stains mostly visible on rear. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
CONSTANCY-LADY-SHORE-PERSONIFICATION | DPO-PCO-1-89
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
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Biography engraver: William Ward (1762-1826) was an English engraver. During his lifetime he was appointed engraver to the Duke of York, and associate engraver to the Royal Academy. He not only worked closely with George Morland, but also married Morland’s sister Maria.
Biography artist: 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.
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