George E. Madeley - Fish woman - lithography, 1833 (image trimmed)
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Fish woman. Designed by: George Spratt (1784-1840). Printed by: George E. Madeley (British, 1798 - 1858). Procedence: "Purcell's Lithographic Drawing Book". Media: hand coloured lithograph. Production date: 1833. Publisher: Charles Tilt c.1815-1853 (fl.) Description: A standing woman, the body composed of fishes and the hat compsed of a crayfish. Size: 17,2x22,7 cms. Inscription content: 'Printed by G. E. Madeley, Wellington St Strand. Relevant condition: it is not very much perceptible but the image was trimmed and stuck to a cardboard, probably done at the time the print was published. It is not clear the reason why. In 1830 - 1833, George Spratt, an English artist, and George E. Madeley, an English engraver and printmaker, produced a series of lithographed satiric designs of tradesmen composed of the objects of their profession. They were published by Charles Tilt, a London book and print seller. Each print is extremely rare, taken from books that have become excessively scare in all likelihood because they were broken up early on to individually sell the plates. Not a trace of Purcell's Lithographic Drawing Book is to be found in any library worldwide, nor is it recorded in any of the standard or unusual references. The only evidence for its existence is publisher Charles Tilt's advertisement for the book at the rear of Landscape Illustrations of the Waverly Novels (London 1831). Publisher Charles Tilt (1797-1861), active 1826-1840, was an English bookseller who appears to have specialized in publishing satiric and humorous prints.; Fish woman. Designed by: George Spratt (1784-1840). Printed by: George E. Madeley (British, 1798 - 1858). Procedence: "Purcell's Lithographic Drawing Book". Media: hand coloured lithograph. Production date: 1833. Publisher: Charles Tilt c.1815-1853 (fl.) Description: A standing woman, the body composed of fishes and the hat compsed of a crayfish. Size: 17,2x22,7 cms. Inscription content: 'Printed by G. E. Madeley, Wellington St Strand. Relevant condition: it is not very much perceptible but the image was trimmed and stuck to a cardboard, probably done at the time the print was published. It is not clear the reason why. In 1830 - 1833, George Spratt, an English artist, and George E. Madeley, an English engraver and printmaker, produced a series of lithographed satiric designs of tradesmen composed of the objects of their profession. They were published by Charles Tilt, a London book and print seller. Each print is extremely rare, taken from books that have become excessively scare in all likelihood because they were broken up early on to individually sell the plates. Not a trace of Purcell's Lithographic Drawing Book is to be found in any library worldwide, nor is it recorded in any of the standard or unusual references. The only evidence for its existence is publisher Charles Tilt's advertisement for the book at the rear of Landscape Illustrations of the Waverly Novels (London 1831). Publisher Charles Tilt (1797-1861), active 1826-1840, was an English bookseller who appears to have specialized in publishing satiric and humorous prints.
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George E. Madeley - Fish woman - lithography, 1833 (image trimmed)
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