Moments of Fancy.Past Consideration. Present Consideration. Future Consideration. Breaking up. Breaking Open. Breaking in. Breaking Out.
H.y Alken, Del.t.
London, Published by Tho.s McLean, Repository of Wit & Humour, 26 Haymarket, 1822.
Coloured etching. 250 x 350mm (6 x 9¾").
Seven humourous scenes. Past & Present considerations: a dashing officer pays court to an ugly woman with a negro servant, ignoring a woman with his child. Future consideration: an old man pays a gravedigger. Breaking up: a ground of drunken revellers take leave of a landlord. Breaking open: two thieves break into a watch maker's shop. Breaking in: a jockey holds on for dear life. Breaking out: a man examines his spotted face in a mirror.
[Ref: 34061] £80.00
London, Published by Tho.s McLean, Repository of Wit & Humour, 26 Haymarket, 1822.
Coloured etching. 250 x 350mm (6 x 9¾").
Seven humourous scenes. Past & Present considerations: a dashing officer pays court to an ugly woman with a negro servant, ignoring a woman with his child. Future consideration: an old man pays a gravedigger. Breaking up: a ground of drunken revellers take leave of a landlord. Breaking open: two thieves break into a watch maker's shop. Breaking in: a jockey holds on for dear life. Breaking out: a man examines his spotted face in a mirror.
[Ref: 34061] £80.00