Print Description
A female figure sadly regarding a garland of flowers in her hand. Related to the poem of the same title by Matthew Prior.
Made by C. Taylor after Samual Shelley.
Medium: Stipple engraving. on wove (vellin) paper.
Sheet size: 16 x 20.5 cm (6.3 x 8.07 inch). Image size: 13 x 20 cm. (5.12 x 7.87 inch).
Condition: very good, given age. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
GARLAND-MATTHEW PRIOR-WOMAN-FLOWERS | DPO-PCO-1-170
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
From ‘The Cabinet of Genius’, published 1787 in London by Taylor.
Biography engraver: Engraved by C. Taylor after S. Shelley. 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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