Romantic landscape with a large gnarled tree in the left foreground leaning diagonally in to the centre, with a woman holding a jug with a ring handle, gesturing to a man sitting under the tree with a staff (after Salvator Rosa)
Lady Louisa Augusta Greville (1743 - 1779)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1762
Materials
cardboard
Measurements
350 x 460 mm
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 286403
Summary
Etching, Romantic landscape with a large gnarled tree in the left foreground leaning diagonally in to the centre, with a woman holding a jug with a ring handle, gesturing to a man sitting under the tree with a staff (after Salvator Rosa) by Lady Louisa Augusta Greville (1743-1779). Inscribed: 'AG delin 1761 et scupt 1762'. The edges are cut with chamfered corners and it is mounted on card with paper borders. A large tree slopes from the left corner, sheltering a seated man and standing woman who holds her hand out to him.
Marks and inscriptions
AG delin 1761 et sculpt 1762 (printed under image)
Makers and roles
Lady Louisa Augusta Greville (1743 - 1779), engraver (printmaker) after Salvator Rosa (Arenella, Naples 1615 – Rome 1673), artist