| Method | Stipple engraving |
| Artist | Thomas Kirk after Richard Westall |
| Published | Published March 25. 1797, by J.&J. Boydell, & G. Nicol, Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall; & No. 90, Cheapside. |
| Dimensions | Image 223 x 155 mm, Sheet 376 x 276 mm |
| Notes |
An illustration of Lines 125-130 of Milton's Elegia Quinta, On the Approach of Spring from John and Josiah Boydell's The Poetical Works of John Milton (1794-1797). The goatlike Faunus, deity of rustic Italy, fights off a fellow satyr to carry away an Oread, a mountain nymph. Two more nymphs can be seen in the background, dancing to welcome the coming Springtime. The publication of Boydell's Milton followed the success of his Shakespeare Gallery, and included 28 plates by Richard Westall after works by Henry Fuseli. Fuseli, one of the Shakespeare Gallery's key contributors, had been inspired by Boydell's success, subsequently painting 40 large-scale scenes from Paradise Lost that he intended to form the core of his own 'Milton Gallery'. Richard Westall RA (2nd January 1765 - 4th December 1836) was a British painter, illustrator, printmaker, and drawing master, best known for his portraits of Lord Byron, and his work as a painter for John Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery, and Henry Fuseli's failed Milton Gallery. Thomas Kirk (1765-1797) was a British artist, illustrator, and engraver most famous for his engravings after Angelica Kauffman, Robert Westall, and Sir Joshua Reynolds. Ex. Col.: Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, collector's mark on verso |
| Framing | mounted |
| Price | £130.00 |
| Stock ID | 36245 |