Satirical print showing the fanciful interior of an artist's studio, with one painter (right) finishing a portrait of an aged admiral with a wooden leg seated in a chair (far right) while a second artist works on a painting of the Rape of Europa, an almost naked woman (possibly Lady Hamilton) rides an enormous bull with a saddle, holding onto its tail and horn as it enters a river. Two men in a row boat and two ducks in the river and a man blowing a horn on the cliff above (top right of the painting) provide a scale for the drama
Alternative Title:
State of portrait and historical painting
Description:
Title engraved below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Publisher:
Publish'd 1798 for the proprietor, at Messrs. Colnaghi & Sala's, Pall Mall
