Sly Boots, mezzotint and stipple engraving
Mezzotint and atipple engraving, 14x10cm, fold across the plate, anonymous artist, 19th century, after The Oxford English Dictionary defines ‘sly boots’ as ‘a sly, cunning, or crafty person; one who does things on the sly,’ and notes that the phrase is usually applied in ‘mild or jocular use.’ Its not a phrase used in anger, […]