Print Description
portrait of Sylvia, from the poem ‘Spring’ by Alexander Pope.
Made by Charles 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.
SYLVIA-PORTRAIT-SPRING-ALEXANDER POPE | DPO-PCO-1-169
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
From ‘The Cabinet of Genius’, published 1787 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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