Rural Life.The Operas, Masquerades, and Plays, This Cottage Maid's a Stranger; The feathered Care, her little Farm. By Poverty secured from harm, With careless ease she spends her Days, Secure from any danger.
[n.d. c.1790.]
Very fine coloured mezzotint. Fantastically bright 18th century colour. 350 x 250mm. 13¾ x 9¾". Trimmed to the image top and sides, and to just below the title at bottom. Some creasing and glue stains to the title area. Small tears into the left-hand side.
A young girl on the porch of her farm, blissfully unaware of urban life and the perils and dangers. She hold a basketful of feed, which she scatters for the hens and chicks.
[Ref: 16345] £320.00
Very fine coloured mezzotint. Fantastically bright 18th century colour. 350 x 250mm. 13¾ x 9¾". Trimmed to the image top and sides, and to just below the title at bottom. Some creasing and glue stains to the title area. Small tears into the left-hand side.
A young girl on the porch of her farm, blissfully unaware of urban life and the perils and dangers. She hold a basketful of feed, which she scatters for the hens and chicks.
[Ref: 16345] £320.00