Adam Buck Stipple Engraving My Dear Little Shock Dog 1808 Red chalk drawing presumably from an album or

presumably from an album or collection of works intended to have been engraved

According to an old inscription this work has traditionally been understood to be an original sheet of drawings by William Hogarth (1697-1764)

He also sometimes adopts aspects of Fuseli's dramatic distortions in composition and figure drawing

Probably Swiss School Circa

He also taught "The Class of Perfection" in the school and worked with many Mariinsky dancers

Adam Buck Stipple Engraving My Dear Little Shock Dog 1808 Red chalk drawing presumably from an album orAdam Buck 1759 1833. Anglo Irish School Stipple engraving with aquatint printed in colour published by R Ackermann London 1808. My Dear Little Shock You Must Have A Dip. Laid to backing sheet some age related timestaining and skillfully repaired worming. 24. 5 by 30 cms Plate. 25. 7 by 30. 6 cms sheet overall. Buck was born in Castle Street, Cork. Becoming an accomplished miniaturist in the 1780s while still in Ireland, he made a permanent move to