Fish. Flesh & Fowl

J Lewis Marks

Fish. Flesh & Fowl

London, J L Marks ca. 1828

Etching

Original hand colouring

200 x 325 mm

£220

A rare Marks satire on double meaning of words.

A tripartite set of images side by side. The first , titled Fish, shows a long nosed fisherman standing with his rod in the rain. He is hunched over, grim faced, water dripping from his hat, down onto his nose.

The second titled Flesh, shows a fat, red faced butcher standing in his shop with a cleaver in his hand. A young girl  stands beside him holding her shopping basket, the butcher holds his hand under her chin, looking at her with a sideways leery grin,

The thitd titled  & Fowl, shows a man seated for dinner. He is very lean and is hunched over his plate looking down with an unpleasant scowling expression.