Mosley, Charles (d. 1756), engraver and printseller

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Various birds: chickens on the ground; an owl, magpie and woodpecker on a tree; ducks and eagles in the air. Etching by C. Mosley, ca. 1760.

Calais gate: the Host is administered to sick people, while emaciated and ragged French people go about their business. Etching by C. Mosley after W. Hogarth.

A pack-horse carrying bribes is sent by Robert Walpole from Westminster to Edinburgh. Etching by Charles Mosley, 1740.

Moses speaks to his people in the land of the Moab, in the fortieth year of Exodus. Etching by C. Mosley, 1747, after A. Cheron.

The Dunmow Flitch: a procession of people follow the winning couple who are being carried in a chair on the shoulders of four men while others walk in front carrying a piece of bacon on a stick. Engraving by C. Mosley after D. Ogborne, 1751.

Sir Robert Walpole as Jack in 'Jack and the beanstalk'; representing his domination by the giants Spain and potentially France in the 'War of Jenkin's Ear'. Engraving by C Mosley, 1739.

A Scotsman using a lavatory for the first time, is seated on a latrine with his legs thrust down the holes in the board and his hands placed before him; his urine trickles over the edge of the toilet. Engraving by C. Mosley, 1745.

A woman (May) leads a man (January) under a tree in which there is somone hiding and some onlookers are pointing at the scene. Engraving by C. Mosley after S. Wale.

King Charles I. Etching by C. Mosley after A. van Dyck.

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Charles Mosley

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Images by Charles Mosley

Works from the collections

The Dunmow Flitch: a procession of people follow the winning couple who are being carried in a chair on the shoulders of four men while others walk in front carrying a piece of bacon on a stick. Engraving by C. Mosley after D. Ogborne, 1751.

Various birds: chickens on the ground; an owl, magpie and woodpecker on a tree; ducks and eagles in the air. Etching by C. Mosley, ca. 1760.

Moses speaks to his people in the land of the Moab, in the fortieth year of Exodus. Etching by C. Mosley, 1747, after A. Cheron.

King Charles I. Etching by C. Mosley after A. van Dyck.

A woman (May) leads a man (January) under a tree in which there is somone hiding and some onlookers are pointing at the scene. Engraving by C. Mosley after S. Wale.