MusEYEum Online Catalogue

Plate 41 - [Virtuoso and a Fly]
PRINTS AND DRAWINGS
print
Woodward, G. M.; Cruikshank, Isaac
Europe: United Kingdom
1796-12-03
paper; glass; wood
overall: 382 x 309 mm

Hand coloured print (etching) of a man reading a book in front of a window, comprising Plate 41 to 'Eccentric Excursions, or. Literary & Pictorial sketches of Countenance, Character and Country, in ..... England & South Wales'. On the page is a fly at which he gesticulates. He wears a night-cap and a loose robe over an old-fashioned laced waistcoat, short breeches, and high-quartered shoes. Above his head hangs a large stuffed crocodile, and in a frame on the wall are butterflies and insects. The 'virtuoso' (? naturalist) is examining the works of Linnaeus 'for a description of an uncommon species of insect'. Features a pair of spectacles. Lettered with artist's name and publishing details. Mounted in a modern glazed wooden frame.

1999.1091