Original engraving, hand-colored, The Fair Sleeper: a young woman asleep in an armchair, in a flowered silk gown and with a small spaniel beside her. Engraved on steel by G. A. Periam after the painting by Henry Wyatt.
Original engraving, hand-colored, The Fair Sleeper: a young woman asleep in an armchair, in a flowered silk gown and with a small spaniel beside her. Engraved on steel by G. A. Periam after the painting by Henry Wyatt.
It belongs to the series that The Art Journal devoted to the Vernon Gallery, the collection of British painting formed by Robert Vernon and bequeathed to the nation in 1847. Lettered below "Printed by G. Virtue".
Medium: Steel engraving, hand-colored.
Artist / after: Henry Wyatt (1794-1840).
Engraver: G. A. Periam.
Date: 1851.
Source: The Art Journal, The Vernon Gallery series, London, G. Virtue.
Dimensions: Sheet 12.6 x 9.2 in (32 x 23.3 cm).
Condition: Good condition, with light browning at the edges of the sheet.