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Sophia Western

Print
1800 (published)
Artist/Maker
Adam Buck (artist)
Roberts, Piercy (engraver)
Stadler, Joseph Constantine (engraver)
Holland, William (publisher)
Place of origin
London (published)

Coloured print of a woman in a landscape, with a skipping rope.


Object details

Categories
Portraits
Prints
Games
Object type
Print
TitleSophia Western (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Stipple and aquatint
Stipple
Brief description
Print, 'Sophia Western', Roberts & Stadler, after Buck, 1800.
Physical description
Coloured print of a woman in a landscape, with a skipping rope.
Dimensions
  • Image height: 373mm
  • Image width: 300mm
  • Platemark height: 461mm
  • Platemark width: 354mm
  • Sheet height: 467mm
  • Sheet width: 365mm
Style
19th
Production typeMass produced
Marks and inscriptions
  • SOPHIA WESTERN
  • Drawn by Adam Buck
  • London. Published by William Holland, No. 30 Oxford Street, March 20, 1800.
  • Engraved by Piercy Roberts & J C Stadler
  • Adorned with all the charms in which Nature can array her; bedecked with / beauty, youth, sprightliness, innocence, modesty, and tenderness, breathing / sweetness from her rosy lips, and darting brightness from her sparkling / eyes, the lovely Sophia comes!
Credit line
Bequeathed by Alfred Thomas West
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.2606-1930

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O750347/sophia-western-print-adam-buck/
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