The Sailors Return [&] The Soldiers Return.Her filial duty paid, Virtue & Love shall reward his constancy & Toil. [/] Honour, beauty, love & wealth are his rewards.
Painted by F. Wheatley/ Engraved by W.Ward.
London published June 14th 1787 by J. R. Smith, No. 31 King Street, Covent Garden.
Mezzotint, printed partly in colour with large margins. Platemark: 500 x 354mm. (19¾ x 14") each.
Mezzotints published as a pair, partly printed in colour after Francis Wheatley (1747 - 1801), engraved by William Ward (1762 - 1826). The Sailors Return: a young sailor approaches the death-bed of his mother, holding out his hat, full of coins. The Soldiers Return; A father, sitting at a tabe covered with money bags and papers, joins the hands of a young woman and a soldier wearing uniform and a plumed hat (probably approving of a marriage between his daughter and her partner). A dog watches from the foreground.
Francis Wheatley, M. Webster. p.164.
[Ref: 29098] £620.00
London published June 14th 1787 by J. R. Smith, No. 31 King Street, Covent Garden.
Mezzotint, printed partly in colour with large margins. Platemark: 500 x 354mm. (19¾ x 14") each.
Mezzotints published as a pair, partly printed in colour after Francis Wheatley (1747 - 1801), engraved by William Ward (1762 - 1826). The Sailors Return: a young sailor approaches the death-bed of his mother, holding out his hat, full of coins. The Soldiers Return; A father, sitting at a tabe covered with money bags and papers, joins the hands of a young woman and a soldier wearing uniform and a plumed hat (probably approving of a marriage between his daughter and her partner). A dog watches from the foreground.
Francis Wheatley, M. Webster. p.164.
[Ref: 29098] £620.00