Two grotesque figures of a well-dressed man and woman stand before a background of Corinthian pillars topped with Doric capitals. The man points with his left hand to his mouth and grimaces at the viewer
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., First published by Carington Bowles on 20 October 1775; original publication date burnished from the plate. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 5, p. 786., Date of publication inferred from paper and from date of the Bowles & Carver partnership formed after the 1793 death of Carington Bowles. See Plomer, H.R. Dictionaries of printers and booksellers, p. 31., and Numbered in plate: 332.
Publisher:
Printed for Bowles & Carver at their Map & Print Warehouse, No.69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
