ASSASSINATION OF PHILOCLES PREVENTED 1793 John Barlow - Corbould ENGRAVING

Original 1793 10 inch x 7 3/4 inch etching and engraving titled THE ASSASSINATION OF PHILOCLES PREVENTED.

From ‘The Adventures of Telemachus’ an epic poem from the French of Fenelon with alterations by the Rev. Mark Anthony Meilan.

Mark Anthony Meilan was a writer, born about 1743, who at one time a situation in the post-office, which he resigned in order to become an instructor in private families in English, bookkeeping, and shorthand, of languages, arts, and sciences. He took orders, and for some time served the curacy of St. John, Wapping. In 1809 he was assistant minister of St. Mary, Newington, Surrey, and was apparently alive in 1816.

Engraved by John Barlow (c. 1760 - 1810). Reproductive etcher, working in London.

After Richard Corbould (1757 - 1831). Corbould was a painter, in oil and watercolour, of portraits, landscape, and occasionally history; of porcelain, and miniatures on ivory, and enamels; and was furthermore an important illustrator of books renowned for his Napoleonic sketches of Ships, and a follower of the old masters. From 1777 to 1811 he was a constant contributor to the Royal Academy.

Text below image: “The Chief, at such an act surpris’d indeed, / But not without due fore thought in his need, / The unguarded villain seiz’d with ready hand, / Ere yet to close him in could rush the band.”

’Published as the Act directs by M.A. Meilan, Sep’r 24th, 1793

Image size 5 3/4 inch x 5 inch

The etching is in very good condition with age related toning and a light stain in the lower left corner.