Prints / PR1810 1/ Rosina or the froward girl reformed 2/ The rival dogs Publisher/Manufacturer: David EsslemontSeries title: John Bewick: A Selection of Wood Engravings (plate 2) 1980 Wood engraving in black, with letterpress in grey, on white BFK Rives Velin Cuve paper 52 x 62 mm.Purchase: David Esslemont 1991Funding support: Catherine Lewis Trustshow object description Two vignettes / book illustrations from 'John Bewick: A Selection of Wood Engravings'. The upper image is an interior with four women conversing. The women wear eighteenth century costume including long dresses with sashes and decorative hats.The middle figure holds a closed fan in her right hand. On the right hangs a mirror? in a gilt frame. In the background is a tea set, including a teapot, on a round ornamental table. The lower image is an interior with two men conversing at a table .One man is seated the other stands. In the foreground are two dogs / hounds one of which snarls at the other. In the background are two pictures on a wall, one depicting a sailing ship at sea and the other a castle ruin. Both images have garlands with bows on the upper and side margins
Two vignettes / book illustrations from 'John Bewick: A Selection of Wood Engravings'. The upper image is an interior with four women conversing. The women wear eighteenth century costume including long dresses with sashes and decorative hats.The middle figure holds a closed fan in her right hand. On the right hangs a mirror? in a gilt frame. In the background is a tea set, including a teapot, on a round ornamental table. The lower image is an interior with two men conversing at a table .One man is seated the other stands. In the foreground are two dogs / hounds one of which snarls at the other. In the background are two pictures on a wall, one depicting a sailing ship at sea and the other a castle ruin. Both images have garlands with bows on the upper and side margins --other objects by this Artist/Maker-- (Prints) PR1827 1/ Alcestes and Praetus; or prudence an overmatch ...
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(Prints) PR1821 1/ The cat and the fish 2/ The peacock and the bla...
(Prints) PR1814 1/ The conceited magpie 2/ The moths and water fly
(Prints) PR1822 1/ The contemplative hero 2/ The wanderer destroye...
(Prints) PR1813 1/ The Cuckoo and Swallow 2/ The earthworm
(Prints) PR1815 1/ The envious dog and the emine 2/ The perfidious...
(Prints) PR1824 1/ The envious shepherd convinced and reformed 2/ ...
(Prints) PR1820 1/ The serpent and the eagle 2/ The boasting trout
(Prints) PR1816 1/ The silly lamb and the shepherd's dog 2/ The t...
(Prints) PR1817 1/ The ungrateful fox 2/ The spider and the chieft...
(Prints) PR1825 1/ The vain sparrow and cruel judge 2/ The destruc...
(Prints) PR1823 1/ The wilful boy and the hornets 2/ Generosity an...
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(Prints) PR1806 Vignette of a dog and a man seated on rocks by an ...
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