"The Happy Villagers", Mezzotint miniature droll
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"The Happy Villagers"
Mezzotint miniature droll
Published by Robert Sayer
London
On laid paper
Circa 1775
15.0 cm x 11.4 cm (plate)
20.8 cm x 13.6 cm (sheet)
Lettered with title and with "London. printed for Robt Sayer at No.53 Fleet Street"
Literature:
Sayer/Laurie & Whittle Small Mezzotints / Catalogue of prints for the year 1775 (110)Sayer
Chaloner Smith 1883 / British Mezzotint portraits from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century (undescribed)
The British Museum has a single copy which appears to be the only other in any institutional collection [see BM 1874,0613.2678].
A particularly good impression with wonderfully broad margins. Tipped onto card.
Additional Information
10538 (AB-85879)
W: 11.4cm (4.5")H: 15cm (5.9")
Georgian (1714 to 1837)
Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
