[Retirement.] And ah! let Pity turn her dewy eyes...
R.L. West pinxt. F. Bartolozzi R.A. sculps. 1801. Rare engraving. Sheet: 120 x 140mm (4¾ x 5½''). Trimmed. A scene showing a man lying on a bed with a bandage on his head. The poet Chatterton on his death bed. An illustration to 'Retirement' from 'Juvenilia, or a Collection of Poems' by James Henry Leigh Hunt published in 1801. The artist, Raphael Lamar West (1769-1850), son of Benjamin West, contributed to Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery.
[Ref: 48237] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
[A large dead tree.]
R. West. Rare pen lithograph. 225 x 305mm (9 x 12"). Thread margins. Central crease not visible from front. Men resting under an ancient dead tree. The artist, Raphael Lamar West (1769-1850), son of Benjamin West, contributed to Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery.
[Ref: 52805] £290.00