A moving scene in the Fair Circassian [print] : a woeful tragedy written by Mr. Pratt / JS f.

Accession number: 
PML 146857.82
Author: 
Sayers, James, 1748-1823.
Published: 
[London? : s.n., ca. 1781
Description: 
1 print : etching and drypoint ; image: 275 x 354 mm; plate mark: 276 x 360 mm; sheet: 333 x 408 mm
Credit: 
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes: 

Artist and date of publication from George.
A later state of A puff off, with new verses across the top and former caption text removed.
Item no. 82 of a collection of prints by James Sayers (PML 146857); formerly part of an album of mounted prints, now disbound.

Inscriptions/Markings: 

In pencil at foot: Miss Farren Mr. Bensley.

Provenance: 
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary: 

Print shows Eliza Farren (left) as Almeida, and Bensley as Omar (right), in "The Fair Circassian" facing each other in profile. She bends towards him, clasping her hands; he stands erect holding out his right hand towards her. He holds in his left hand the end of a chain which is attached to his right wrist. Almeida's body from the waist upwards is not attached to her voluminous petticoats. Omar has a beard, he wears a feathered hat or turban and an ermine-bordered robe over a tunic. In this state, a detached eye, representing Bensley's right eye, has been added to the left of his profile. Cf. George.

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