Artist: Charles Taylor (British, 1756-1828), publisher and, possibly, engraver.
Title: Earth, Water, Air, and Fire.
Signed and Titled in plate: London, Publish'd by C.Taylor №. 10 near Castle Street, Holborn. Earth Sep'r 1st, 1788. Water May 1; 1788. Air Oct'r 1. 1788, Fire April 1; 1788.
Dimensions: platemark 7" x 4 1/2". Support 14" x 11".
Publisher: Charles Taylor (British, 1756-1828).
Date: 1788.
Materials and Techniques: four stipple engravings printed in brown ink on wove paper.
Mat and Frame: affixed to the supporting sheets at top corners.
Provenance: The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Museums and Libraries: The British Museum 'Fire' 1879,0809.92-96.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: British School XVIII C.
Note: perhaps these are proofs for an edition that cannot be identified. 'Fire" was published in 1797 in the Francis Fitzgerald's 'The general preceptor .... being a summary introduction to Polite Learning', London (Charles Taylor)1797.
Acknowledgement: This entry incorporates text from the catalog entry of a similar item from the British Museum collection.