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

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.