Mamma, Don't Make Me Beg in Vain; / Pray Read That Pretty Book Again.[&] [A seated woman holding a book, speaking to a child.]
[Mamma inscribed] [Ada]m Buck Delin.t. M.N. Bate Sc[...]
London, Pub. April 15th, 1808, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand.
Pair of rare stipple, printed in colours. Sheets 260 x 195mm (10¼ x 7¾") & 240 x 185mm (9½ x 7¼"). Mamma trimmed into image at sides affecting inscriptions, into plate top and bottom, second trimmed, losing title and inscriptions.
A pair of scenes of a woman dressed in neoclassical style a child begging to be read to. The woman resembles Mary Anne Clarke (1776-1852), mistress of Frederick, Duke of York, whose portrait was published by Buck in 1810. The original watercolour of 'Mamma' is in an album the Victoria and Albert Museum.
V&A: P.69-1930.
[Ref: 54182] £320.00
London, Pub. April 15th, 1808, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand.
Pair of rare stipple, printed in colours. Sheets 260 x 195mm (10¼ x 7¾") & 240 x 185mm (9½ x 7¼"). Mamma trimmed into image at sides affecting inscriptions, into plate top and bottom, second trimmed, losing title and inscriptions.
A pair of scenes of a woman dressed in neoclassical style a child begging to be read to. The woman resembles Mary Anne Clarke (1776-1852), mistress of Frederick, Duke of York, whose portrait was published by Buck in 1810. The original watercolour of 'Mamma' is in an album the Victoria and Albert Museum.
V&A: P.69-1930.
[Ref: 54182] £320.00