Accession number
PML 146857.82
Creator
Sayers, James, 1748-1823.
Published
[London? : s.n., ca. 1781
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Artist and date of publication from George.
A later state of A puff off, with new verses across the top and former caption text removed.
Item no. 82 of a collection of prints by James Sayers (PML 146857); formerly part of an album of mounted prints, now disbound.
A later state of A puff off, with new verses across the top and former caption text removed.
Item no. 82 of a collection of prints by James Sayers (PML 146857); formerly part of an album of mounted prints, now disbound.
Description
1 print : etching and drypoint ; image: 275 x 354 mm; plate mark: 276 x 360 mm; sheet: 333 x 408 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
In pencil at foot: Miss Farren Mr. Bensley.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows Eliza Farren (left) as Almeida, and Bensley as Omar (right), in "The Fair Circassian" facing each other in profile. She bends towards him, clasping her hands; he stands erect holding out his right hand towards her. He holds in his left hand the end of a chain which is attached to his right wrist. Almeida's body from the waist upwards is not attached to her voluminous petticoats. Omar has a beard, he wears a feathered hat or turban and an ermine-bordered robe over a tunic. In this state, a detached eye, representing Bensley's right eye, has been added to the left of his profile. Cf. George.
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