Designs by J.N. Collett, both serious and comic : engraved on 36 plates

Creator

Collett, John, 1725-1780

Date

• ca. 1770

Publisher

London: Printed for Robt. Sayer and John Smith

Summary

• "Intended for the use of artists as well as gentlemen & ladies."
• [Printed] "According to the Act Decr. 15, 1770." "Price One Guinea in boards."
• John Collet or Collett (c1725-1780) was a British painter of landscapes and humorous genre scenes. His work has been compared to that of his contemporary, William Hogarth, but lacks Hogarth's moral tone. Nevertheless, Collett's amusing and sometimes vulgar views of the social behavior of both upper and lower classes were popular in their time, and several publishers issued engravings based on Collett's paintings and drawings. The title page of the volume digitized here notes that the engravings were done by Messrs. Rooker, Grignion, Mason and various others and printed for Robert Sayer and John Smith, according to the Act December 15, 1770. The 36 plates include scenes of rural and village life, single figure studies both clothed and nude, as well as a lion and tiger. The volume digitized is held at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Memorial Library Special Collections.