Head-and-shoulder portrait of a gentleman in profile to the right in a bag wig and ruffled shirt. He has a very long, beak-like nose and wears spectacles
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue., Beginning of imprint statement is lightly etched and barely visible., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 11.0 x 9.1 cm, on sheet 13.8 x 11.5 cm., and Mounted on leaf 21 of volume 7 of 12.
Publisher:
Pub. 14th Feb. 1783 by H. Humphrey, No. 51 New Bond St.
"Head of an old woman in profile to the left, tilted upwards. She wears a cap which conceals her hair. ... She is evidently the Betty of the famous fruit shop in St. James's Street, the 'patriot Betty' of Mason's 'Heroic Epistle', 1773. 'Betty's' was a fashionable 'lounge' and centre of gossip, often mentioned by H. Walpole and others. She was Elizabeth Munro or Neale, 1730-97, called 'the Queen of apple-women' by the 'Gentleman's Magazine' (obituary)."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 9.9 x 7.6 cm, on sheet 12.1 x 9.4 cm., and Mounted on leaf 21 of volume 7 of 12.
Publisher:
Pub. 9th Feby. 1783 by H. Humphrey, No. 51 New Bond Street
