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Peasants of the Vale of Langollen
Title
Peasants of the Vale of Langollen [graphic] / H.W. Bunbury Esqr. delt. ; J. Baldrey sculpt.
Publication
London : Publish'd Novr. 2, 1783, by W. Dickinson, engraver & printseller, No. 158 New Bond Street, [2 November 1783]
Physical Description
1 print : stipple engraving with etching ; circular image 24 cm, on sheet 28.1 x 28 cm
Medium
laid paper.
Notes
Title engraved below image.
Plate was engraved by either John Baldrey or his brother Joshua Kirby Baldrey; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1873,0712.452.
Second state, with altered publication line, of a plate originally published 1 November 1781 by J. Baldrey. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1917,1208.2315.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Plate numbered "4" above image.
Provenance
Sold at Strawberry Hill Sale, day viii, lot 50, to H.G. Bohn, £7.7.0 [London, 733]; from an undergraduate at King's College, through Scribner's, May 1952, to W.S. Lewis, $225.
Summary
"A woman standing looking to front while a man whips the donkey behind her, as they travel along a road to left, a cottage at right and a high view across a forest beyond the fence at left; oval design, after Bunbury, from a series."--British Museum online catalogue.
Variant and related titles
Peasants of the Vale of Llangollen
Format
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 16, 2020
Subjects
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Genre/Form
Genre prints.
Stipple engravings - England - London - 1783.
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