The Tempest.
Heath Del.
[n.d., watermarked 1809.]
Coloured etching. 245 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Tears in top margin, one entering plate but not image. Time stained
A scene in a garret as a violinist is interrupted by a tirade from his wife. Elsewhere a baby screams, a dog howls as its tail is scalded, a cat yowls as a monkey holds it up by its tail and a parrot pecks at the man's hair.
The BM's example, 1866,1114.664, is watermarked 1814.
[Ref: 54565] £140.00
[n.d., watermarked 1809.]
Coloured etching. 245 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Tears in top margin, one entering plate but not image. Time stained
A scene in a garret as a violinist is interrupted by a tirade from his wife. Elsewhere a baby screams, a dog howls as its tail is scalded, a cat yowls as a monkey holds it up by its tail and a parrot pecks at the man's hair.
The BM's example, 1866,1114.664, is watermarked 1814.
[Ref: 54565] £140.00