Description: ME AND MY DOG Artist: From a Painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds, P. R. A. NOTE: The title in the box above is also in the white border below this scene. PRINT DATE: This engraving was printed in 1880; it is not a modern reproduction in any way. PRINT SIZE: Overall print size is 7 x 10 inches, actual scene size is 5 by 6 5/8 inches. PRINT CONDITION: Condition is excellent. Bright and clean. Blank on reverse. Paper is quality woven rag stock paper. SHIPPING: Buyer to pay shipping, domestic orders receive priority mail, international orders receive regular air mail unless otherwise asked for. Full payment details will be in our email after auction close. We pack properly to protect your item! PRINT DESCRIPTION: Jane Bowles was the eldest daughter of Oldfield Bowles (1739–1810), a landowner of North Aston, Oxfordshire, also an amateur painter and musician. Allegedly, Bowles was concerned about Reynolds’s experimental use of materials but was advised by Sir George Beaumont that ‘even a faded picture from Reynolds will be the finest thing you have.’ Reynolds was then invited to dinner with the Bowles family and played games with her to win her confidence. Records of payment indicate that the portrait was painted between 1775 and 1776, when the sitter was three or four years old. Miss Bowles is portrayed in a fanciful theatrical costume, kneeling and embracing her pet spaniel. The lively and spontaneous composition recalls Reynolds's ‘fancy pictures.’ The beam of sunlight, which shines through the foliage on the right hand side of the picture, is boldly painted in a few decisive strokes of paint. The woodland setting is reminiscent of the background Reynolds used for his portrait of Nelly O’Brien in the early 1760s (see P38). Despite Oldfield Bowles’s alleged concerns about Reynolds’s fading pigments, the portrait remains in good condition. It was first engraved in 1798 by William Ward, with the title ‘Juvenile Amusement’. The 4th Marquess of Hertford acquired the portrait at the sale of Miss Bowles’s brother in 1850, where it was described as ‘the celebrated picture of a little girl with a spaniel.’ THIS IS AN ACTUAL ENGRAVING PRINTED IN THE 1880's! TAKEN FROM A PAINTING FROM A FAMOUS 1800S ENGLISH BRITISH UK ARTIST PAINTER!
Price: 15.19 USD
Location: New Providence, New Jersey
End Time: 2025-01-18T17:14:09.000Z
Shipping Cost: 7.95 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Material: Engraving
Date of Creation: 1800-1899
Original/Reproduction: Original Print
Subject: Animals
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Type: Print
