‘A Young Poodle, but not one of the Sagacious Breed’
Copper-engraved print published c1827
Caricaturist, presumably of Irish background, but undocumented. Responsible for a small number of plates in a distinctive hand. Unclear whether he etched them all or only designed them. Never a publisher. Worked for P.Roberts and J.Aitken. Many unsigned prints by both men may well be by him.
£520
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Provocative print of a smoking young man, crop in hand with his handkerchief hanging from his right pocket. Published by Fores’ of Piccadilly 1827. Copper-engraving by Henry Heath with hand-colour, presented in a Hogarth pattern frame.
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