Description Medium: Stipple engraving on wove (vellin) paper. Sheet size: 34 x 45.3 cm (13.39 x 17.83 inch). Image size: 34 x 45.3 cm. (13.39 x 17.83 inch). Condition: good, given age. Light creasing, foxing and soiling.Trimmed to image. Thing paper spor in middle, backed. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully. MAID, YOUNG GIRL, GENRE SCENE, DOMESTIC INTERIOR, DOG, CHILDHOOD, 18TH CENTURY, BRITISH PRINT | PCO-E30-29 BACKGROUND INFORMATION Published by John Raphael Smith, London. Reference: D’Oench, Copper into Gold, no. 309; Frankau, John Raphael Smith, no. 227. Biography engraver: John Raphael Smith (1751?1812) was a leading British engraver and publisher, renowned for his refined stipple engravings after paintings and his own designs. He played a major role in popularizing the stipple technique in late 18th-century Britain, particularly for portraits and genre subjects.
