Old English colour printsSalaman, Malcolm C. (Malcolm Charles)
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Old English colour prints
Salaman, Malcolm C. (Malcolm Charles)
Color prints, English
RINALDO AND ARMIDA (Plate XXII.). The enchantment of Rinaldo, the
Christian Knight, by Armida, the beautiful Oriental sorceress, in
Tasso’s “Gerusalemme Liberata.” LOVE AND BEAUTY: MARCHIONESS OF
TOWNSHEND (Plate XXIV.). One of the three beautiful daughters of Sir
William Montgomery immortalised by Reynolds on the large canvas now in
the National Gallery, called “The Graces decorating a terminal figure
of Hymen.” She married the distinguished general who finished the
battle of Quebec when Wolfe had fallen.
TWO BUNCHES A PENNY, PRIMROSES (Plate XXV.). KNIVES, SCISSORS AND
RAZORS TO GRIND (Plate XXVI.). Numbers 1 and 6 of the CRIES OF
LONDON. The other plates are: 2, _Milk below, Maids_. 3, _Sweet China
Oranges_. 4, _Do you want any Matches?_ 5, _New Mackerel_. 7, _Fresh
Gathered Peas_. 8, _Duke Cherries_. 9, _Strawberries_. 10, _Old Chairs
to Mend_. 11, _A new Love-song_. 12, _Hotspice Gingerbread_, two
plates. 13, _Turnips and Carrots_. There are still in existence two
or three paintings of similar character by Wheatley--one depicting a
man selling copper kettles--which would suggest, besides the belated
publication of the thirteenth plate, that it was originally intended
to issue a larger number of the “Cries” than those we know, had
the public encouragement warranted it. The colour-printing of the
earliest impressions was superlatively fine, and in the original pink
board-wrappers these are, of course, extremely rare, and would realize
to-day as much as a thousand pounds.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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