An Original Mezzotint of the
Right Honourable Thomas
Lord Torrington ie Thomas Newport, Baron Torrington by John
Smith, after John Riley 16 in. x 11 1/4 in. (405 mm x 285 mm) cut
to plate size printed 1707 1720 (1714)Lettered in three lines The
R.t Hon.ble Thomas Lord Torrington one of / ... Hon.ble Privy
Council &c. Below left G Kneller Baronet.s pinx. 1714.Below
right J. Smith fec. 1720J.Riley pinx / J Smith fe"by J. Smith after
Sir. G Kneller Before the lettering. Unfinished, the upper
medallion blank and before lettering on ribbons. Before some
detailing in drypoint, i.e. brickwork on coat of arms. Without
indication of fur on rim of hat. Before the patterning on the
handle of the mace.Lettered in open capitals in the ribbons: NON
VULTUS INSTANTIS . . Condition as per pic other pics can be done if
wished .. . . . .
. £35 some
surface rubbing, old crease, laid to paper
and tipped onto card
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An Original Mezzotint of Lettered
in four lines The
Right Hono.ble Robert Earl of Oxford & Earl Mortimer,
Baron
/... & Lord High Treasurer of Great Britain. Below left
G.Kneller S.R. et Angl. Eques Aur. Pinx.Below centre I.Smith fec.
1714 Below right Sold by I.Smith at the Lyon & Crown in Russel
Street Covent Garden. Lettered on Garter: HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE
. Condition as per pic other pics can be done if wished .. . . . .
. £30 creased as seen in picMezzotints.
This technique
used fine indentations in a copper printing plate to create tonal
gradations which could do full justice to use of light and
shade
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An Original Mezzotint of George
Stepney By John
Faber Jr, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt.Date: 1733 Condition as per
pic other pics can be done if wished .. . . . . .£30
creased as
seen in picMezzotints. This technique used fine
indentations
in a copper printing plate to create tonal gradations which could
do full justice to use of light and shade
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n Original Mezzotint of Sir Thomas
Harrison by Edward
Fisher(1722-1782), after Sir Joshua Reynolds .Date: Date: 1765
Condition as per pic other pics can be done if wished .. . . . . .
£25 close cut and annotated as seen in pic Mezzotints. This
technique used fine indentations in a copper printing plate to
create tonal gradations which could do full justice to use of light
and shade
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Possibly Lord Richard
Cavendish (labelled in
pencil to the rear ) Painted by S.r Jos.a Reynolds. Engraved by
J.R. Smith. Publish'd 1st October 1777 by W.m Humphrey Gerrard
Street & J. R. Smith, No. 10 Batemans Buildings Soho
London.Mezzotint, 15 x 11"close cut /creased £30
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George Ist/George I
labelled Georg I Konig in Engeland . Copper engraving |
Charles 2nd /Charles II
. Copper engraving |
William Walker Riffer General Sergeant Major Der Armada des Parliaments
in England
. Copper engraving dated 1643 of a parliamentarian in the English
Civil war. . . from a German History |
