William Heath
A Pleasant Climate.
London, Ca. 1825
Etching
Original hand colouring
115 x 135 mm
Stuck on old album sheet
£75
A small satire on the Scottish weather. Two men face each other by the sea shore, it is pouring with rain. The man on the left, top hat and umbrella held up, says to the other; Lork, what Weather. Does it always RAIN here. The other man, seated under a rock, wearing a Tartan shawl, cap, with bare feet, is eating from a bowl, he looks up and replies; Na1 Na it Snaws whiles