Print Description
portrait of a female figure leaning against a tree. Related to the poem Elfrida by William Mason.
Made by C. Taylor after S. Shelley.
Medium: Stipple engraving. on wove (vellin) paper.
Sheet size: 16 x 20.5 cm (6.3 x 8.07 inch). Image size: 13.5 x 17.5 cm. (5.31 x 6.89 inch).
Condition: very good, given age. Some faint stains in the margins. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
ELFRIDA-WILLIAM MASON-PORTAIT-WOMAN-TREE | DPO-PCO-1-167
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
From ‘The Cabinet of Genius’, published 1789 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. Samuel Shelley (1756-1808) was a London-born artist. He was greatly influenced by Joshua Reynolds, despite being self-taught as a miniaturist.
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