Title: The Owl Face mezzotint droll satirical print
Artist: 'J.Molin, W.Bockman Fecit / Printed for John Bowles at number 13 in Cornhil
Medium: hand coloured mezzotint
Date of Work: c 1770
Dimensions : 13.5 x 10 “
Condition: fair to good : trimmed to plate size,a crease from lower left to top middle ( see photo with raking light) less noticeable when vertical, worn corner top left
"In dull solemnity there winks the Owl
With hideous Laugh here shakes the grinning Fool,
Laughing he beholds the grave & solemn Phiz
Nor thinks his own Resemblance there he sees."