Original steel engraving with a Cornish beach at dusk: two women talking in the foreground beside a basket and a dog, while the sun goes down behind the chalk cliffs and boats lie beached on the shore. Signed R. P. Bonnington at the left and W. Miller with the date at the right.
Original steel engraving with a Cornish beach at dusk: two women talking in the foreground beside a basket and a dog, while the sun goes down behind the chalk cliffs and boats lie beached on the shore. Signed R. P. Bonnington at the left and W. Miller with the date at the right.
Engraved by the Scot William Miller (1796-1882), one of the finest steel engravers of his time, after a work by Richard Parkes Bonington, who died at twenty-five. It illustrated The Keepsake, the London literary annual.
Medium: Steel engraving.
Artist / after: Richard Parkes Bonington (1802-1828).
Engraver: William Miller (1796-1882).
Source: The Keepsake, London.
Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.1 in (27.5 x 20.5 cm).
Condition: Good. A clean sheet with wide margins, with light toning of the paper.