A Pair of 19th Century William Heath Hand Colored Etchings
£100.00
A pair of 19th-century British satirical caricatures presented as hand-colored etchings on paper.
30cm W * 40cm H each
The first print, titled IT'S A TRUE BILL !!!, depicts a standing figure in a top hat and blue jacket holding a document labeled REFORM. The second print, titled THE GUARD WOT LOOKS ARTER THE SOVEREIGN, features a heavily dressed coach guard holding a blunderbuss, with a speech bubble at the top margin. Both works are housed in matching gilt-finish frames with cream-colored mounts.
The left-hand print is signed W Heath in the lower left corner and bears a publication line in the lower right reading Pub. March 1831 - by T. McLean 26 Haymarket. The right-hand print features a small graphic emblem of a man in a top hat in the lower left corner followed by the characters Esq. Del., with a publication line in the lower right reading Pub. April 28 1829 by T. McLean 26 Haymarket.
A pair of 19th-century British satirical caricatures presented as hand-colored etchings on paper.
30cm W * 40cm H each
The first print, titled IT'S A TRUE BILL !!!, depicts a standing figure in a top hat and blue jacket holding a document labeled REFORM. The second print, titled THE GUARD WOT LOOKS ARTER THE SOVEREIGN, features a heavily dressed coach guard holding a blunderbuss, with a speech bubble at the top margin. Both works are housed in matching gilt-finish frames with cream-colored mounts.
The left-hand print is signed W Heath in the lower left corner and bears a publication line in the lower right reading Pub. March 1831 - by T. McLean 26 Haymarket. The right-hand print features a small graphic emblem of a man in a top hat in the lower left corner followed by the characters Esq. Del., with a publication line in the lower right reading Pub. April 28 1829 by T. McLean 26 Haymarket.