The Milkman.
Drawn by G.F. Pidgeon. Engraved by W. Bond.
Pub.d April 20, 1803, by G.F. Pidgeon, London Street, Fitzroy Square.
Scarce & fine stipple, printed in colours and hand-finished. 425 x 285mm (19 x 11¼"), with very large margins, watermarked 1806. Hand colour faded, bottom edge chipped and soiled.
A man using a yoke to carry two buckets of milk. A 'G.F. Pidgeon' designed medals, for example one struck by the London Highland Society in tribute to the 42nd Regiment's action at the Battle of Alexandria, March 1801, with a portrait of Sir Ralph Abercromby.
See Royal Collection Trust RCIN 443305 for the medal.
[Ref: 54835] £260.00
Pub.d April 20, 1803, by G.F. Pidgeon, London Street, Fitzroy Square.
Scarce & fine stipple, printed in colours and hand-finished. 425 x 285mm (19 x 11¼"), with very large margins, watermarked 1806. Hand colour faded, bottom edge chipped and soiled.
A man using a yoke to carry two buckets of milk. A 'G.F. Pidgeon' designed medals, for example one struck by the London Highland Society in tribute to the 42nd Regiment's action at the Battle of Alexandria, March 1801, with a portrait of Sir Ralph Abercromby.
See Royal Collection Trust RCIN 443305 for the medal.
[Ref: 54835] £260.00