Print  Specifics:

  • Type of print: Steel engraving - Original antique print
  • Year of printing: not indicated in the print. Actual: 1852
  • Original artist - Engraver: Etty - Portbury
  • Publisher: Printed by Geo. Virtue, London
  • Condition: 1 (1. Excellent - 2. Very good - 3. Good - 4. Fair)
  • Dimensions: 9 x 12 inches (23 x 30 cm), including blank margins (borders) around the image.
  • Paper weight (thickness):  1-2 (1. Thick - 2. Heavier - 3. Medium heavy - 4. Slightly heavier - 5. Thin)
  • Reverse side: Blank
  • Notes: 1. Green color around the print in the photo is a contrasting background on which the print was photographed. 2. Print detail is sharper than the photo of the print.

Original Narrative:

One of the beautiful pictures by Mr. Etty. It is one of great beauty. The figure of cupid is charmingly designed, with the expression of arch playfulness in his countenance, that unmistakably indicates his mission. On the wings are a few feathers of emerald green, orange and purple. The sky is bright blue, graduating toward the horizon into red against which the purple hills stand in bold relief. The whole is brilliant mass of color [in the poriginal painting]. A lady in the costume of our day folding in her arms the "winged boy."

 
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