September.Ariadne and Faun carrying Libra.
E.F. Burney delt. Thos Williamson sc.
London Pub. Feb. 1. 1808, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts 101 Strand [but c.1815].
Hand-coloured stipple and etching, reissue on Whatman paper, partly printed in colour. 195 x 260mm, 7¾ x 10¼". Some staining and soiling; two creases in plate. Uncut.
Libra reclining in a carriage, playing a tambourine, while a putto with scales containing bunches of grapes over his shoulders balances on one foot beside her. The chariot is pulled by two tiger-like animals. Upper right: "Price 2s/. plain 4/s. Cold.". After Edward Francis Burney (1760 - 1848), from a series of allegories of the months.
[Ref: 22587] £230.00
London Pub. Feb. 1. 1808, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts 101 Strand [but c.1815].
Hand-coloured stipple and etching, reissue on Whatman paper, partly printed in colour. 195 x 260mm, 7¾ x 10¼". Some staining and soiling; two creases in plate. Uncut.
Libra reclining in a carriage, playing a tambourine, while a putto with scales containing bunches of grapes over his shoulders balances on one foot beside her. The chariot is pulled by two tiger-like animals. Upper right: "Price 2s/. plain 4/s. Cold.". After Edward Francis Burney (1760 - 1848), from a series of allegories of the months.
[Ref: 22587] £230.00