I say Bob how your mother would enjoy this! _ I believe ye'r! Crikey Father. there's a jolly great whats' o'name!!Rural Enjoyment No. I.
H. Heath del. et. sculp.
Pubd. 1829 by S. Gans, 15 Southampton St, Strand.
Etching with fine hand-colouring. 355 x 248mm (14 x 9¾").
Countryside satire, showing a father and son picnicking on a vast meat pie on marshy land, both gazing anxiously at a large frog which intrudes upon the scene, the son's plate falling from his knee in his alarm; the son in a tightly buttoned blue costume with cap and ruff, the father with a handkerchief over his head and under the shade of an umbrella, a swarm of flies buzzing above their heads.
BM Satires: undescribed.
[Ref: 18125] £220.00
Pubd. 1829 by S. Gans, 15 Southampton St, Strand.
Etching with fine hand-colouring. 355 x 248mm (14 x 9¾").
Countryside satire, showing a father and son picnicking on a vast meat pie on marshy land, both gazing anxiously at a large frog which intrudes upon the scene, the son's plate falling from his knee in his alarm; the son in a tightly buttoned blue costume with cap and ruff, the father with a handkerchief over his head and under the shade of an umbrella, a swarm of flies buzzing above their heads.
BM Satires: undescribed.
[Ref: 18125] £220.00