Picture not named offered at ebay but unsold 24 June 2002.
This is a very nice original handcolored engraving it has written on the lower border,"sold and published in 1794 by the Morland Gallery on Old Bond Street London, This image was republished in 1799 by Orme.The image is in very nice condition for a print this age its remarkable. The plate mark measures 16X21 1/4", there is only some very faint toning to the sky,there are no tears, or serious stains on the sheet, the print is loose not laid down.
Selling Peas
Selling Peas - more detail
Selling Peas
BELL, E. after George MORLAND
Selling Peas; Selling Cherries
London: Published by T. Ladd, 12 July 1801. A pair of colour printed mezzotints with added hand colour. In excellent condition with the exception of being laid down and cut to the edge of the plate mark. A few skillfully mended tears in the margins. Image size: 18 3/8 x 24 inches. Sheet size: 19 3/4 x 24 3/4 inches approx. A pair of beautiful images after Morland: 'a master of genre and animal painting, an artist worthy to be placed in the same rank as the best of those Dutch masters whom he studied as a boy' (DNB).
INTERIEUR D'ETABLE
This is different from another Morland Picture also known as Interior of a stable
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