Charles MAUCOURT
[SATIRIQUE] Paire de mezzotintes anglaises aquarellées "Mirth And Friendship" et "Night Amusement"- Mezzotintes anglaises rehaussées à l'aquarelle[satirical print] Diptych of original mezzotints
Robert Sayer|London circa 1775|11.90 x 17 cm|deux feuilles chacune sous cadre
[SATIRICAL PRINT]
Diptych of original mezzotints titled "Mirth And Friendship" and "Night Amusement", very finely enhanced in watercolor, published in England circa 1775.
Captioned "London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Map & Printseller, at No. 53 in Fleet Street", each framed. Dampstains to the "Night Amusement" caption, not affecting the image.
One of them features the "Staffordshire Giant", Edward Bamfield, one of Fleet Street's most famous attractions. A fine, colorful production by the famous London satirical printer Robert Sayer (1725-1794), also based in Fleet Street.
The prints appear in the printer's catalog for 1775 (Sayer & B
Diptych of original mezzotints titled "Mirth And Friendship" and "Night Amusement", very finely enhanced in watercolor, published in England circa 1775.
Captioned "London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Map & Printseller, at No. 53 in Fleet Street", each framed. Dampstains to the "Night Amusement" caption, not affecting the image.
One of them features the "Staffordshire Giant", Edward Bamfield, one of Fleet Street's most famous attractions. A fine, colorful production by the famous London satirical printer Robert Sayer (1725-1794), also based in Fleet Street.
The prints appear in the printer's catalog for 1775 (Sayer & B
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