British Classics: The Spectator / Very fond of Prints and a Drawing-Master
Joe Lisle, English, active about 1830
about 1830
Etching and aquatint with hand coloring on paper
Image: 8 7/16 × 6 15/16 in. (21.5 × 17.6 cm)
Sheet: 10 1/8 × 6 15/16 in. (25.7 × 17.6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Adelbert Ames Fine Arts Awards Fund
2007.39.9
Geography
Place Made: England, United Kingdom, Europe
Period
19th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, in plate, lower left margin: Drawn by J. Lisle.; titled, in plate, lower center margin: THE SPECTATOR. / Very fond of Prints & a Drawing-Master.; inscribed, in plate, lower center margin: British Classics .; [additional inscriptions as captions to illustrations in the window]; inscribed, in graphite, on reverse: T 00125; inscribed, in graphite, on reverse: 429
Provenance
A Private Collection of Prints, Oil Paintings, Watercolours, and Drawings, lot 430, Bloomsbury Auctions, London, Thursday, April 19, 2007; sold to present collection, 2007.
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