The Cottage Sty: After George Morland by John Whessell
The Cottage Sty: After George Morland
John Whessell
Title
The Cottage Sty: After George Morland
Artist
John Whessell
1760 - 1824 (biography)Year
1798
Technique
colored stipple-engraving
Image Size
11 13/16 x 16 11/16" image
Signature
engraved, lower left
Edition Size
N/A
Annotations
engraved date signed in plate, bottom center; publisher's address;
Reference
Paper
stiff antique-white wove
State
published
Publisher
Darling & Thompson Co.
Inventory ID
16899
Price
$450.00
Description
John Whessell was an accomplished engraver who worked in Oxford, England creating stipple engravings after other painters. He was best known for his animal subjects, especially horses. This engraving is done after one of George Morland's compositions, a sty full of swine, relaxing in the sun. Morland's signature is engraved within the image and the lower center.
There is printed text in the margin at the lower left "J Whessell Sculpt 1798".
According to the text in the lower margin this print was published in 1798 by "Darling & Thompson Co., Newport Street, and T. Simpson St. Pauls Church Yard." It has hand coloring.