Book Description

Reverse glass mezzotint with original hand-colouring, 280 x 175 mm. (11 x 6 7/8 in), in contemporary Hogarth-style frame.
Dealer Notes
A charming reverse glass print, an allegorical representation of Wales as a female figure, named Cambria in a similar composition issued a few years earlier by the same publisher, standing full length in a mountainous landscape next to a goat, and holding a coronet adorned with the emblematic three plumes. Although scarce, this appears to be one of a series of national representations issued by Haines at this date, others comprising Africa, America, Asia, Europe, England, Scotland and Ireland, a similar series of varant compositions having been issued around 1798. The reverse glass process involves pasting a dampened print to lacquered glass, scraping away all but the printed surface of the paper, varnishing the back to make it more transluscent and then colouring it, also from behind, to give it the rich depth and tones of an oil painting.
Author Haines (John) & Son. Publishers.
Date 1802
Publisher Haines & Sons, 19 Rolls Buildings, Fetter Lane

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