PAIR OF PRINTS WITH SCENES OF BETRAYAL, 18th CENTURY

PAIR OF ANTIQUE WATERCOLOR PRINTS WITH MEZZOTINT TECHNIQUE DEPICTING SCENES OF BETRAYAL, THE FIRST SHOWS A WOMAN HAVING HER PALM READ WHILE A YOUNG MAN MOCKS HER BEHIND HER BACK, THE SECOND DEPICTS TWO MEN PLAYING CARDS WHILE THE THIRD POINTS OUT THE CARDS THE PLAYER HAS TO THE OPPONENT, THE TWO PLAYERS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS LORD WILLIAM COUTERNAY AND THOMAS ROWLANDSON (THE CHEATER). PERIOD: LATE 18TH CENTURY PAINTED BY THE REV.d Mr. PETERS RA. ENGRAVED BY WILLIAM WARD PUBLISHED BY J. R. SMITH MAY 22, 1786 EXCELLENT CONDITION, THE LOWER PART HAS BEEN CUT OFF. MEASUREMENTS: 420 X 370 mm print 53.5 X 47.5 cm with frame