Taking Measures.
R. Dagley del. W.H. Brooke sculp.
London, Published by John Warren, Old Bond Street, and G. & W.B. Whittaker, Ave Maria Lane. [n.d. c.1821.]
Fine hand coloured etching. 240 x 152mm. 9½ x 6".
A young man stands in his living room, in front of a fireplace, upon which sits an urn and ornatamental clock, and in front of which lies a sleeping dog; a tailor on his knees measures his inside leg; a third man holding a staff peers around the doorway, probably a bailiff. From "Takings or, the Life of a Collegian".
[Ref: 24039] £85.00
London, Published by John Warren, Old Bond Street, and G. & W.B. Whittaker, Ave Maria Lane. [n.d. c.1821.]
Fine hand coloured etching. 240 x 152mm. 9½ x 6".
A young man stands in his living room, in front of a fireplace, upon which sits an urn and ornatamental clock, and in front of which lies a sleeping dog; a tailor on his knees measures his inside leg; a third man holding a staff peers around the doorway, probably a bailiff. From "Takings or, the Life of a Collegian".
[Ref: 24039] £85.00