Original 1787 engraving, hand-colored, titled World, engraved by Heath after a drawing by Edward Francis Burney. An oval vignette within a garland of flowers: a gentleman in a blue coat beside a horse and a curtain. Frontispiece to a London edition of the English classics.
Original 1787 engraving, hand-colored, titled World, engraved by Heath after a drawing by Edward Francis Burney. An oval vignette within a garland of flowers: a gentleman in a blue coat beside a horse and a curtain. Frontispiece to a London edition of the English classics.
Medium: Copper engraving, hand-colored.
Artist / after: Edward Francis Burney (1760-1848).
Engraver: Heath.
Date: 1787.
Source: Harrison's British Classicks, the volume containing The World and Lord Lyttelton's Dialogues of the Dead. Published by Harrison & Co., London, 1787.
Dimensions: Image 7.1 x 4.7 in (18 x 12 cm).
Condition: Good; presented in a mat with a gilt fillet.