Pamela and Phyloclea.Here nor Treason is hid vailed in Innocence,/ Nor Envie's Snakie Eye findes any Harbour here. Sydney's Arcadia.
Sir P. Lely pinxit. Engraved by V. Green, Engraver to his Majesty, and to the Elector Palatine.
Published Novr. 17th. 1777, by W. Shropshire, No.158, New Bond Street.
Mezzotint, . 255 x 190mm, 10 x 7½". A fine impression, with good margins.
Two shepherdesses in oval frame; one with crook, the other in wide-brimmed hat with exposed breast, holding a bird's nest with two doves sitting on it. A scene illustrating 'The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia' (1580, pub. 1590) by Sir Philip Sidney (1554 - 1586). After Sir Peter Lely (1618 - 1680).
Chaloner Smith 155. Whitman 204. Only state.
[Ref: 22476] £260.00
Published Novr. 17th. 1777, by W. Shropshire, No.158, New Bond Street.
Mezzotint, . 255 x 190mm, 10 x 7½". A fine impression, with good margins.
Two shepherdesses in oval frame; one with crook, the other in wide-brimmed hat with exposed breast, holding a bird's nest with two doves sitting on it. A scene illustrating 'The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia' (1580, pub. 1590) by Sir Philip Sidney (1554 - 1586). After Sir Peter Lely (1618 - 1680).
Chaloner Smith 155. Whitman 204. Only state.
[Ref: 22476] £260.00