Lot 132
Byron (George Frederick) Hue and Cry after a Highwayman, etching and aquatint with hand-colouring, 1791.
Estimate: £1,000 - 1,500
Description
Byron (George Frederick) Hue and Cry after a Highwayman!, etching, with aquatint by John Hassell, full early hand-colouring, on two sheets conjoined, total sheet 710 x 1140 mm (28 x 44 7/8 in), under glass, appears to be mounted on linen, old repairs in places visible, a few nicks and splits repaired, framed, William Holland, 1791
⁂ Impressively large and scarce two-sheet caricature. We cannot trace any institutional examples, neither any record of another hand-coloured example at auction. In 'Holland's Catalogue of humorous Prints &c.', c. 1794, Byron's two-sheet caricature is the most expensive print available alongside Richard Newton's 'Dance in the Temple of Hymen'.
Description
Byron (George Frederick) Hue and Cry after a Highwayman!, etching, with aquatint by John Hassell, full early hand-colouring, on two sheets conjoined, total sheet 710 x 1140 mm (28 x 44 7/8 in), under glass, appears to be mounted on linen, old repairs in places visible, a few nicks and splits repaired, framed, William Holland, 1791
⁂ Impressively large and scarce two-sheet caricature. We cannot trace any institutional examples, neither any record of another hand-coloured example at auction. In 'Holland's Catalogue of humorous Prints &c.', c. 1794, Byron's two-sheet caricature is the most expensive print available alongside Richard Newton's 'Dance in the Temple of Hymen'.
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