Delia in the Country (after George Morland)
John Raphael Smith (Derby 1752 – Worcester 1812)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1788
Materials
Coloured engraving on paper
Measurements
540 x 420 mm
Place of origin
Covent Garden
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Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 94053
Summary
Print, coloured engraving on paper, Delia in the Country (after George Morland) by John Raphael Smith (Derby 1752 – Worcester 1812), 1788. A young lady, seated, three-quarter length, in profile to right, legs crossed, under a tree, in a wide-brimmed hat and lace shawl, reading a book held up in her left hand, right hand resting on her knee; in a circular mounted frame. With printed inscription, lettered below the image with the title, eight lines of verse: At length from Town the peerless Maid Disgusted seeks the rural Shade Retired from Sol’s Meridian Beam Where Zephyr fans the cooling Stream She yields beneath the sheltering Bower To Contemplation’s eye the Hour Pleased with simplicity to live A Blessing Cities cannot give. And: Painted by G. Morland / Engraved by J.R. Smith / London publish'd February 12th. 1788, by J.R. Smith No 31, King Street Covent Garden. In wooden frame.
Marks and inscriptions
No.31 King Street Covent Gdn 1788
Makers and roles
John Raphael Smith (Derby 1752 – Worcester 1812), engraver (printmaker) George Morland (London 1763 – London 1804), artist
References
Frankau 1902 Julia Frankau, John Raphael Smith, his Life and Works, London, Macmillan, 1902, 109.II D'Oench 1999, Ellen G D'Oench, Copper into Gold: Prints by John Raphael Smith (1751-1812), New Haven, Yale University Press, 1999, 295