London.: Published by Vernor, Hood & Sharpe, Poultry., 1807.
Physical Description
viii, 238 p., frontis. (port.), engr. t.pl.; 227 mm. (Octavo.)
Contents
[Frontis., t.pl.] - Preface - Contents - [Text of the biography] - Remarks On The Works of Morland - Collections Of Morland's Pictures; [colophon].
Responsibility Note
The frontispiece portrait is captioned, 'George Morland. Drawn by R.W. Satchwell from an Original Picture painted by J.R. Smith, in 1792, and engraved by Chas. Picart.'
It carries the publishers' imprint of 'Vernor & Co. Poultry. April 15. 1807.'
The title-plate vignette is unsigned.
References
J. Barrell, 'George Morland', in The dark side of the landscape: the rural poor in English painting 1730-1840 (1982), p.89-129; D. Winter, George Morland [dissertation, Stanford Univy.] (1977); George Morland 1763-1804: paintings, drawings and engravings [exhibition catalogue] (1975?); D. Thomas, George Morland [exhibition catalogue] (1954); The England of George Morland [exhibition catalogue] (1948).
Provenance
A preliminary leaf is inscribed in ink, 'from the Author.' Acknowledgment is recorded in RAA Council Minutes, IV, 37, 27 January 1808.
Binding Note
19th-century calf, red morocco spine-label lettered 'Life Of Geo. Morland'.