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Plutus - A stipple engraving. About John Gay's Plutus, Cupid & Time.

Taylor, Charles; Shelley, Samuel

  • Publisher: C. Taylor
  • Published: 1788
  • Condition: Very Good
C. Taylor. SHELLEY, Samuel (after). TAYLOR, Charles (sculp.) Plutus. London, Published Sept. 7, 1788, by C. Taylor, No. 20 near Castle Street, Holborn. Stipple engraving printed in brown ink, 210 × 165 mm (sheet). Oval bust portrait within rectangular plate mark; after a design by Samuel Shelley, engraved by Charles Taylor. With engraved title and line below: "Just like our purse-proud fellows here." Wide margins; clear plate mark. Minor scuff to lower right corner of sheet, not affecting the image; otherwise in very good condition. Issued as part of Taylor's late-1780s series of literary and allegorical heads. The subject derives from John Gay's poem Plutus, Cupid and Time.  . Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1788.

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