WW Ryland After Angelica Kauffman R.A. Ludit Amabiliter Stipple Engraving Proof Impression Published 1779 Vedutisti Pencil and watercolour on thick

Pencil and watercolour on thick Whatman type paper

14 by 10cms

This intimate portrait of the artist's first wife

Samuel De Wilde 1751-1832

WW Ryland After Angelica Kauffman R.A. Ludit Amabiliter Stipple Engraving Proof Impression Published 1779 Vedutisti Pencil and watercolour on thickWilliam Wynne Ryland After Angelica Kauffman R. A Stipple Engraving Published by Ryland and Torre London 1779. A Proof before titles printed in red brown ink. The scene depicts a young woman seated on a bench in a garden looking at a songbird in a cage while she turns the handle of a music box. Presented in a 19th. Century gilt gesso frame with eglomise glass. 28 by 33 cms to mounted image. 40 by 46. 5 cms. Overall framed.