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The Fair Forrester

Printing Plate
1835 (engraved)
Artist/Maker
Moon, Boys & Graves (publisher)
Wyatt, Henry (artist)
Doo, George Thomas (R.A.) (engraver)
Place of origin
London (published)

'The Fair Forrester'. An engraving of the picture by Henry Wyatt, depicting a young woman holding a small dog, set against a picturesque landscape with trees. Details of the artist, engraver, publisher etc. are given below the image. Engraved copperplate with bevelled edges.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Portraits
Clothing
Tools & Equipment
Printmaking Techniques
Object type
Printing Plate
TitleThe Fair Forrester
Materials and techniques
Engraved copperplate
Copper
Engraving
Bevelling
Brief description
Stipple and line-engraved copper plate. George Thomas Doo after a picture by Henry Wyatt. The Fair Forrester, published by F. G. Moon, London, 1835.
Physical description
'The Fair Forrester'. An engraving of the picture by Henry Wyatt, depicting a young woman holding a small dog, set against a picturesque landscape with trees. Details of the artist, engraver, publisher etc. are given below the image. Engraved copperplate with bevelled edges.
Dimensions
  • Height: 44cm
  • Width: 34.1cm
Measured by DH 01/07/2010
Marks and inscriptions
  • J. LARGE & CO. / 15 LITTLE NEW ST. / SHOE LANE LONDON (Stamped into verso of plate.)
  • PAINTED BY HENRY WYATT, PUPIL OF SIR THOS LAWRENCE, P.R.A. ENGRAVED BY GEORGE T. DOO, 1835 (Lettered directly below image (in reverse).)
  • To Mrs Barron, of Great Baddon, Essex THIS PRINT OF THE FAIR FORRESTER, [illegible] by her Faithful and Obliged Friend George T. Doo (Lettered in the centre below the image, the first and last lines in italic script (in reverse).)
  • LONDON PUB June 27, 1835, FOR THE PROPRIETER, GEORGE T. DOO: 10 ADAMS TERRACE, CAMDEN TOWN BY F. G. MOON, 20 THREADNEEDLE STREET CITY (Lettered across bottom of plate (in reverse).)
Production
See a print taken from this plate, E.2298-1910.
Subjects depicted
Woman
Dog
Landscape
Associated object
E.2298-1910
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.2298A-1910

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O783112/the-fair-forrester-printing-plate-wyatt-henry/
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