A mother and her two daughters outside a country cottage: the two girls are reluctant to hand over two favourite chickens to be taken to market. Stipple engraving by T. Burke, 1797, after W.R. Bigg, 1791.
- Bigg, William Redmore, 1755-1828.
- Date:
- Jany: 1st 1797
- Reference:
- 2475506i
- Pictures
About this work
Description
The mother, coming out of the house at left, comforts a small girl holding a chicken, while the other girl looks dolefully at another chicken. Centre, a young man and woman at the centre, with mules, a chicken coop and a basket of eggs, ready to go to market. Background right, a distant landscape
Publication/Creation
London (Charing Cross) : Published ... by J. Brydon, Jany: 1st 1797.
Physical description
1 print : stipple engraving ; image 47 x 57.8 cm
Lettering
Saturday morning: favourite chickens going to market. Painted by W.R. Bigg, engraved by T. Burke engraver to His Serene Highness the reigning Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
With lettering "WRB 1791" on sacking placed on a gabled structure next to the front door
Notes
Related to a mezzotint of the same composition by W. Pether, with lettering "Two favourite chickens going to market"
Reference
Wellcome Collection 2475506i
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores