George Morland — Plates by George Morland

London, Edward Orme, 1792-1807 . Paperback. A very scarce collection of thirty-two plates of the work of English painter George Morland. Georgian Era painter George Morland established his reputation in the late 1780s as a painter of sentimental genre and of childhood subjects. However in 1791 he turned to more rustic subject matters, producing his finest works between 1790 and 1794.Morland exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy between 1784 down to 1804.Illustrated with thirty-two plates of soft ground etchings, bound in reverse chronological order, with plates dating from between 1792 and 1807.Including portraits, landscapes, rural scenes, and animals. Including etchings of classic rustic Morland scenes such as those of gypsies, farms, and hunting.Twenty-two of these plates bear the publisher's imprint of Edward Orme.In modern paper wraps. Bound in modern paper wraps. Externally, excellent, with minor marks to rear wraps. Internally, firmly bound. Significant spotting to plate perimeters, with the odd handling mark to plates. Very Good . Ill.: George Morland. Very Good .