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Source Description:

This engraving by Francois Vivares of the Rural Lovers by Thomas Gainsborough was published in 1760. 

Additional Image:

This print is called the Lakeside Fisherman

 

This print is called Fishing Boat and Folly

 

Shape Type: Miscellaneous

Pattern Type: Landscapes and Waterscapes

Series Type: Rural Scenery Group

Date: c. 1770-1775

Dimensions:

  • Diameter: 7.28 in (18.50 cm)

Maker: Philip Christian Liverpool

Description:

This bowl is decorated with three prints from the Rural Scenery Group.  Prints from this group are mainly found on punch bowls. This group of prints is discussed by Maurice Hillis in Liverpool Porcelain 1756-1804.   The print of the Rural Lovers belonging to this group is rarer and more finely engraved than the versions frequently found on Liverpool tea and coffee wares.  The different versions of the...


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