A Humorous Early 19thC Framed Engraving; ‘A Bad Break’ sub-Curios launched in 1866

launched in 1866

though the reflections of a period gent having a leisurely shave or a lady applying ruby red lipstick both spring to the mind first…

Length: 341cms / 11

and un-framed

rickety ladder

A Humorous Early 19thC Framed Engraving; ‘A Bad Break’ sub-Curios launched in 1866Origin: Probably English Period: Early Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1810 30 The Frame: Height: 9. 75 inches Width: 13. 5 inches The indistinctly signed, P. A Clarke (?), and numbered 62 the hand coloured engraving (?) showing a naively depicted mare and gentleman rider, pictured travelling in a field and sliding off his carriage with a look of alarm, as a flock of gulls pass over head, and humorously entitled A Bad Break survives