Antique Master Print-YOUNG LOVE-STARTLED-MOTHER-WINDOW-Marcuard-Wheatley-1785

Description A startled young couple in embrace, as the girl’s mother is looking in through the window, and a cat is hissing from the windowsill. The fright apparently caused her to trip over a basket with eggs. Made by Robert S. Marcuard after Thomas Wheatley. Medium: Handcoloured stipple and line engraving. on hand laid (verge), backed with wove paper. Sheet size: 37.9 x 44.8 cm (14.92 x 17.64 inch). Image size: 32.5 x 38.5 cm. (12.8 x 15.16 inch). Condition: good, given age. Image fine. Several thin paper spots and small tear. Plate fully backed. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully. YOUNG LOVE-STARTLED-MOTHER-WINDOW | DPO-PCO-B1-18 BACKGROUND INFORMATION ?. Biography engraver: Robert Samuel Marcuard (1759-1787/8) was a British printmaker, a pupil of Bartolozzi. Biography artist: Francis Wheatley (1747-1801) was a British painter/ draughtsman.