Logic
Engraved by Welby Sherman, from an Original Drawing by C.H. Esq,,r [Charles Heath?].
London, Republished Feb.y 15, 1853, by Thomas Boys, (of the Late Firm of Moon, Boys & Graves,) Printseller to the Royal Family, 467, Oxford Street. _ Paris, E. Gambart & Co. 15, Rue Charlot, Deposé. Originally Published Nov: 1836.
Fine and rare mezzotint on chine collé. 250 x 355mm (9¾ x 14"), very large margins. Publication line printed over the edge of the chine collé.
Syllogistic disputants arguing over whether or not the Parisians are birds? It is a pun on Gallus a cock or a Frenchman? Two scholars in caps and gowns, leaning out dangerously from opposing lecturns, arguing angrily and gesturing to emphasise their points, their companions holding their collars to prevent them from falling out. Both companions hold bottles, one swigging from theirs. Welby Sherman (fl.1827-36) was one of the more obscure members of the Ancients, a group of artists who formed around the visionary artist and poet William Blake. He was a cousin and pupil of Samuel Palmer, another Ancient, living with him in Shoreham; this did not stop him swindling Palmer's brother William out of £500 in wagers on games of billiards and fleeing abroad in 1836. London literary Gazette and Journal of Belles Lettres etc. vol 20, page 811 advert.
BM 2010,7081.6989, suggesting Heath as the artist. Ex Collection of Hon C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 59132] £580.00
London, Republished Feb.y 15, 1853, by Thomas Boys, (of the Late Firm of Moon, Boys & Graves,) Printseller to the Royal Family, 467, Oxford Street. _ Paris, E. Gambart & Co. 15, Rue Charlot, Deposé. Originally Published Nov: 1836.
Fine and rare mezzotint on chine collé. 250 x 355mm (9¾ x 14"), very large margins. Publication line printed over the edge of the chine collé.
Syllogistic disputants arguing over whether or not the Parisians are birds? It is a pun on Gallus a cock or a Frenchman? Two scholars in caps and gowns, leaning out dangerously from opposing lecturns, arguing angrily and gesturing to emphasise their points, their companions holding their collars to prevent them from falling out. Both companions hold bottles, one swigging from theirs. Welby Sherman (fl.1827-36) was one of the more obscure members of the Ancients, a group of artists who formed around the visionary artist and poet William Blake. He was a cousin and pupil of Samuel Palmer, another Ancient, living with him in Shoreham; this did not stop him swindling Palmer's brother William out of £500 in wagers on games of billiards and fleeing abroad in 1836. London literary Gazette and Journal of Belles Lettres etc. vol 20, page 811 advert.
BM 2010,7081.6989, suggesting Heath as the artist. Ex Collection of Hon C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 59132] £580.00