Jack In Office.From a Picture in the possession of John Sheepshanks Esq.r. Proof.
Painted by Edwin Landseer, R.A. Engraved by Benj.n P. Gibbon. Printed by McQueen.
London, Published Dec.r. 29, 1834, by Colnaghi & Co. Pall Mall East; F.G. Moon, 20 Threadneedle Street; Wyatt and Son, Oxford; and the Engraver, 89 Albany Sreet.
Proof etching on india paper. 510 x 435mm, very large margins. Tear in platemark at top. Foxing on left.
A fat Jack Russell terrier sits on a cart in a yard with two food bowls beside him, dominating four other dogs on the ground who look up at him hopefully. 'A Jack in Office' was a slang expression for a pompous government official.
Graves: 191.
[Ref: 52081] £260.00
London, Published Dec.r. 29, 1834, by Colnaghi & Co. Pall Mall East; F.G. Moon, 20 Threadneedle Street; Wyatt and Son, Oxford; and the Engraver, 89 Albany Sreet.
Proof etching on india paper. 510 x 435mm, very large margins. Tear in platemark at top. Foxing on left.
A fat Jack Russell terrier sits on a cart in a yard with two food bowls beside him, dominating four other dogs on the ground who look up at him hopefully. 'A Jack in Office' was a slang expression for a pompous government official.
Graves: 191.
[Ref: 52081] £260.00