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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 436059, member: 5833"]I expected in to say pinx, but can't see it. Do see inv.</p><p><a href="http://www.philaprintshop.com/abbrtb.html#I" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.philaprintshop.com/abbrtb.html#I" rel="nofollow">http://www.philaprintshop.com/abbrtb.html#I</a></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4">Think you are correct, it is Tomkins' engraving of his own art, but definitely says inv. not pinx. It may have been a drawing.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>My mother would not have been shopping in a place that had antiquarian prints, nor paying those prices. She had a favorite place that sold classier looking home decor items. (My father pretty much hated them all.) And that is what these were. Nicely framed copies of engravings that were out of copyright.</p><p><br /></p><p>Tomkins seems to have become respected as a stipple-engraver in his own right. Maybe he continued to pay homage to his master:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=TrY_AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA183&lpg=PA183&dq=f+w+tomkins+engraver&source=bl&ots=Oxo6Yz1kLG&sig=CLMxpaQ9Ft010AdRSCfrpNX6Xyg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwik2MTUmorfAhXGx1kKHWEoDsUQ6AEwCHoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=f%20w%20tomkins%20engraver&f=true" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://books.google.com/books?id=TrY_AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA183&lpg=PA183&dq=f+w+tomkins+engraver&source=bl&ots=Oxo6Yz1kLG&sig=CLMxpaQ9Ft010AdRSCfrpNX6Xyg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwik2MTUmorfAhXGx1kKHWEoDsUQ6AEwCHoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=f%20w%20tomkins%20engraver&f=true" rel="nofollow">https://books.google.com/books?id=TrY_AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA183&lpg=PA183&dq=f+w+tomkins+engraver&source=bl&ots=Oxo6Yz1kLG&sig=CLMxpaQ9Ft010AdRSCfrpNX6Xyg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwik2MTUmorfAhXGx1kKHWEoDsUQ6AEwCHoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=f w tomkins engraver&f=true</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 436059, member: 5833"]I expected in to say pinx, but can't see it. Do see inv. [URL]http://www.philaprintshop.com/abbrtb.html#I[/URL] [SIZE=4]Think you are correct, it is Tomkins' engraving of his own art, but definitely says inv. not pinx. It may have been a drawing.[/SIZE] My mother would not have been shopping in a place that had antiquarian prints, nor paying those prices. She had a favorite place that sold classier looking home decor items. (My father pretty much hated them all.) And that is what these were. Nicely framed copies of engravings that were out of copyright. Tomkins seems to have become respected as a stipple-engraver in his own right. Maybe he continued to pay homage to his master: [URL]https://books.google.com/books?id=TrY_AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA183&lpg=PA183&dq=f+w+tomkins+engraver&source=bl&ots=Oxo6Yz1kLG&sig=CLMxpaQ9Ft010AdRSCfrpNX6Xyg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwik2MTUmorfAhXGx1kKHWEoDsUQ6AEwCHoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=f%20w%20tomkins%20engraver&f=true[/URL][/QUOTE]
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