'A Beggar who frequented the Bird Cage Walk' (after Sir Nathaniel Dance-Holland RA)
Charles Townley (London 1746 - c.1800)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
23 Oct 1771
Materials
Paper
Measurements
516 x 380 mm
Collection
Nunnington Hall, North Yorkshire
NT 979982
Summary
Print, mezzotint, 'A Beggar who frequented the Bird Cage Walk' (after Sir Nathaniel Dance-Holland RA) by Charles Townley (London 1746 - c.1800). a man with curly white hair and beard in a large brown coat with broad collar and cuffs, shown three quarter length sitting against a tree-trunk, holding out his hat in left hand, right elbow on a ledge of rock to left, holding his staff against him, landscape beyond to right. Published 1771.
Marks and inscriptions
Published according to Act of Parliament October 23, 1771 and sold by C. Townley at Mr Hodgson's, Greek Street SOHO
Makers and roles
Charles Townley (London 1746 - c.1800), engraver (printmaker) after Sir Nathaniel Dance-Holland, RA (London 1735 - Winchester 1811), artist