Medley print with portrait of Philippe de Champagne / Engraved by George Bickham.

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George Bickham
1684?-1758?
Medley print with portrait of Philippe de Champagne / Engraved by George Bickham.
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plate mark: 292 x 220 mm; sheet: 308 x 237 mm
Peel 2638
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Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
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With lettering in the image and production details: below the Presentation print 'Engraved by George Bickham. 1706/7'; below the animal fable 'Sold by H. Overton at ye white Horse without Newgate'.

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Medley print: self-portrait of Philippe de Champagne, probably after an engraving of the painting by Gerard Edelinck, in the centre; above a print of the Presentation of the Virgin lying across a Captain's commendation in engraved letters and a playbill for Edward Ward's 'A Sot's Paradise'; to the left, view of classical ruins, a playing card, carnevalesque figures, ornament, lettering, illustration to a fable showing a parley of animals and a print of two peasants; to the right, a woman's head in classical style directed to right, a pierrot, scene of banditti attacking riders and piece of Gregorian chant. Cf. British Museum online catalog.

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