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Charles Ansell
active 1784-1796
An incentive to charity / AC.
Published
[London?] : [publisher not specified] 1795.
etching
sheet: 266 x 176 mm
Peel 2619
Notes
Title from item.
Signed with monogram "AC" and dated "1795."
With two lines of verse etched below caption title: Cheer up Dear Bud!, Thy Tears Dispel / Your Handsome, and my yet do well.
Another state of this print is recorded with the caption title "Old Silky" (see BM Satire no. 8924).
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark, with slight loss to top of image.
Signed with monogram "AC" and dated "1795."
With two lines of verse etched below caption title: Cheer up Dear Bud!, Thy Tears Dispel / Your Handsome, and my yet do well.
Another state of this print is recorded with the caption title "Old Silky" (see BM Satire no. 8924).
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark, with slight loss to top of image.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
A scene in front of "Saint George's Spa"; A young woman (right) wearing a hat, a tattered dress and shoes, stands looking down in profile, holding an infant; one breast is uncovered. A middle-aged man, holding gloves and a cane, leans towards her, as if inspecting the infant, whose back is towards him. He puts his left hand in his coat-pocket.
Associated names
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints
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