Gretna Green, or the Red-Hot Marriage. Oh! Mr. Blacksmith ease our Pains_ and Tye us fast in Wedlocks Chains.
Drawn & Engraved by W. Mathews, Oxford. [n.d., c.1820.] Stipple, printed in reddish-brown. 215 x 165mm (8½ x 6½"), Trimmed to plate at bottom, laid on card. A blacksmith marries a well-dressed couple in his smithy.
[Ref: 66562] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
'The Proper Study of Mankind is Man.'
H Y (monogram) 1821. W.Mathews Sculp Oxford. Etching. 410 x 480. Narrow margin lower right, repaired tear entering image. A mass of engraved faces. The title comes from Alexander Pope's 'An Essay on Man'.
[Ref: 7153] £480.00