A catalogue raisonne of the select collection of engravings of an amateur (1828)
Wilson, Thomas, solicitor, agent to Lord Portman, Warren, Henry, 1794-1879, Hays, H, Howard, Frank, 1805-1866, Periam, G. A, Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878 · London : [Thomas Wilson?] · leaf 83
tion : "da flores frvctvsq. tjb/," &c. Height 9 inches, width 6£ inches. Undescribed by Bartsch. 136. A MOUNTEBANK DISPLAYING HIS FEATS. He holds several living serpents in his hand, and is amusing a crowd of persons before him, to whom he is selling his drugs and nostrums : after Giulio Romano,… … however, and not unjustly, of a want of nature, and a great neglect of accu- racy in drawing : he is to a certain degree also a mannerist. Among the Italians, he is considered to be the inventor of etching ; but it was doubtless practised long previously to his time, though Parmigianino was…
Wilson, Thomas, solicitor, agent to Lord Portman · Engraving · Engravers
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