!['Sophia Western' Full-Length holding skipping rope, in landscape, by Piercy Roberts [fl.1795-1824] and Joseph Constantine Stadler [1780-1819]](https://www.rgwatkins.co.uk/image/cache/catalog/stock/RGW19251A-500x500.JPG "'Sophia Western' Full-Length holding skipping rope, in landscape, by Piercy Roberts [fl.1795-1824] and Joseph Constantine Stadler [1780-1819]")
Aquatint and stipple, partly printed and partly hand-coloured,
Sophia Western is the heroine in Fielding's novel 'Tom Jones'. Beneath the title is a four-line inscription, ' Adorned with all the charms in which Nature can array her; bedecked with beauty, youth, sprightliness, innocence, modesty and tenderness, breathing sweetness, from her rosy lips, and darting brightness from her sparkling eyes the lovely Sophia comes!' Here she is in a Regency dress rather than an early 18th century one. This print is sometimes known as the 'Skipping Girl': physical exercise has disturbed her bodice. Provenance: Philips Trust
Aquatint and stipple, partly printed and partly hand-coloured,
Sophia Western is the heroine in Fielding's novel 'Tom Jones'. Beneath the title is a four-line inscription, ' Adorned with all the charms in which Nature can array her; bedecked with beauty, youth, sprightliness, innocence, modesty and tenderness, breathing sweetness, from her rosy lips, and darting brightness from her sparkling eyes the lovely Sophia comes!' Here she is in a Regency dress rather than an early 18th century one. This print is sometimes known as the 'Skipping Girl': physical exercise has disturbed her bodice. Provenance: Philips Trust
| Condition | tear in top border, just coming into engraved surface, |
| Publication | Published by William Holland, 20 March 1800. 17.5 x 12.5in Framed in carved black and gilt frame. |
- Product Code: RGW19251A
- Availability: In Stock
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£500.00