Painted by Edw.d Penny, Professor of Painting to the Royal Academy. Engraved by Richd. Houston. R.Sayer Perfecit.
London, Printed for Robt. Sayer & Co., Printsellers No. 53 Fleet Street, Published as the Act Directs 1t. Jan. 1791.
Mezzotint. 610 x 460mm. Faint surface crease.
'I saw a Smith stand with his Hammer, thus. / The whilst his Iron did on th' Anvil cool, / With open mouth swallowing a Taylor's news.' A more modern interpretation of lines from Shakespeare's 'King John'. A re-issue of 'The Newsmongers', first published 1771.
CS: Houston 142, this state not listed.
[Ref: 4605]  £750.00