JEALOUSY

Hall, T.F. -painted by; engraved by W.H. Simmons

Published by Moore, McQueen & Co, London, 1864

About this Item

1st edition. A Very Good + print. Image size: 23.5" x 18.25" in wooden frame: 31.5" x 27". B&w engraving in early 20th century wood frame and glaze. Faint tideline in the lower margin, not effecting the image. Depicts a domestic scene, with a young mother sewing, with her 3 young children, the youngest a new born in a crib at right. The oldest daughter nd mother are watching the middle child, as she contemplates the baby, while standing on (presumably) the baby's doll. The image is very sharp, with rich, deep blacks. Please note, shipping in frame will be expensive, and not available for overseas delivery. Moore, McQuuen & Co. was a copperplate printing and publishing family firm, founded by William Benjamin McQueen. At 72 Newman Street, Rathbone Place from 1817-33, having probably been in business from the 1790s (Dyson, The Library 1983, p.233). The firm moved to purpose-built premises at 184 Tottenham Court Road 1833, where it remained for a century. In 1956, his descendant Philip McQueen joined Thomas Ross & Sons (q.v.) taking with him the McQueen firm's stock of old plates and prints. Had sideline as lithographic printers from at least 1822, unprofitably according to Dyson. Seller Inventory # 28083

Bibliographic Details

Title: JEALOUSY

Publisher: Moore, McQueen & Co, London

Publication Date: 1864

Binding: Engraving

Condition: Very Good+

Edition: 1st edition.