Art
[SHEE
(Sir Martin Archer, 1769-1850, from 1830 President of the Royal Academy)]
Steel Engraving of his picture 'The Ear Ring',
engraved by C. Rolls, showing a young woman sitting outside a house in the country, bathed in evening light, her head in profile, and thinking, no doubt, of the giver of the ear ring, which though tiny is the focus of the upper part of the picture, the image 4 x 3¾ in plate marks 9 x 6 on large paper 14 x 9¾, published by John Sharpe, London, 1st October
Item Date: 1828
slight remains on blank left edge of a guard
Stock No. 56043