The gathering of manna
| Reference: | S49831 |
| Author | Simon Watts |
| Year: | 1767 |
| Measures: | 485 x 265 mm |
€225.00
| Reference: | S49831 |
| Author | Simon Watts |
| Year: | 1767 |
| Measures: | 485 x 265 mm |
€225.00
Description
The Gathering of Manna: Men and women in classical dress collecting manna which falls from the sky; in rectangular frame; after Raphael.
Etching and mezzotint, 1767, lettered below the image with production details.
From Tome I of Charles Rogers 'A Collection of Prints in Imitation of Drawings to which are annexed lives with explanatory and critical notes by Charles Rogers Esq. F.R.S. S.A.L. / Quantanus nobis denegatur diu viver relinquamus aliquid quo nos vixisse testemur. Plin. Lib. III.. Epist. 7 / Printed by J. Nicholls, Successor to Mr Bowyer & Sold by John Boydell, Engraver, No. 93, Cheapside. Benjamin White, at Horace's Head, Fleet-Street. Peter Molini, in Oxendon-Street, Hay-Market M.DCC.LXXVIII'.
The plates were engraved after drawings in major British collections, including Charles Rogers' own, and published in two volumes in London.
A very good impression on contemporary laid paper, with margins, a light foxing, otherwise in good condition.
Simon Watts(1767-1787)
Simon Watts(1767-1787)