Lot Essay
The print is entitled 'ANGLING' and inscribed:
'Angling on river banks, trowling [sic] for pike,
is noble Sport, when as the fish doth strike,
And when your pleasure's over, then at night,
You and your freinds [sic], doe [sic] eat them with delight,'
The engraving, inscribed 'F. Barlow inv. W. Hollar./fecit' was published by the bookseller John Overton with twelve other subjects including the title-page.
The drawing is typical of the work that inspired the diarist John Evelyn to describe Barlow in 1656 as 'the famous painter of Fowle, Beastes and Birds'.
'Angling on river banks, trowling [sic] for pike,
is noble Sport, when as the fish doth strike,
And when your pleasure's over, then at night,
You and your freinds [sic], doe [sic] eat them with delight,'
The engraving, inscribed 'F. Barlow inv. W. Hollar./fecit' was published by the bookseller John Overton with twelve other subjects including the title-page.
The drawing is typical of the work that inspired the diarist John Evelyn to describe Barlow in 1656 as 'the famous painter of Fowle, Beastes and Birds'.