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William Henry Pyne
1769-1843
A country fair
[London] : Published by William Miller, Albemarle Street, Jany. 1, 1805.
aquatint, hand colored
sheet: 248 x 313 mm, trimmed
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.718
Notes
Title supplied by Tooley.
At lower right: No. 10.
Plate no. 10 of 60 plates comprising W.H. Pyne's The costume of Great Britain. London : William Miller, 1804.
At lower right: No. 10.
Plate no. 10 of 60 plates comprising W.H. Pyne's The costume of Great Britain. London : William Miller, 1804.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows a country fair, with a handbell ringer with bells in his hands and mounted on his shoes and hat, seated on a platform in the foreground, entertaining a small audience consisting of a young couple and two small boys. Behind him stands a scaramouche with a saltbox, and in the background an audience watch commedia performers on a stage while other fair-goers browse the stalls.
Associated names
Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769-1843. Costume of Great Britain.
Miller, William, 1769-1844, publisher.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Miller, William, 1769-1844, publisher.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
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Department
Century prints
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