Antique Auction; October 12, 2019

Bidding starts: October 12, 2019 at 09:30 AM CDT
Douglass, KS
Item # 506

1807 Etching, Hand Colored by Isaac Cruikshank

1807 Etching, Hand Colored by Isaac Cruikshank an Irish Epitaph (Political Sketch After Woodward) in a Country Churchyard an Old Irish Couple, with a Dog, Gaze at a (Tilted) Tombstone (R.) Inscribed: 'Here Lies / John Highley. / Whose Father & Mother. / Were Drown D / in Their Passage To / America / Had They Both Lived / They / Would Have / Been Buried Here.' the Woman (L.) Says: "Poor Dear Craters. So, You See Pat, If They Had Lived Till, They Had Died They Intended to Come and Be Buried Amongst Us." He Answers: "Very True Honey, It Is Certainly Very Moving, But His Honor Death D'ye See, Don't Care a Potatoe For Man, Woman, Child or Brute Beast." Published by Thomas Tegg, 17.5" x 21.5" Framed & Matted; Circa 1807, Margaret and the Late Joseph Karr Sr., Arkansas
Good Condition

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