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"Premiere Vue Des Environs Du Lac Leman Du Cote Du Midi" c1780

1780

Paul Desmond Brown drypoint featuring three Maryland Hunt Cup steeplechasers pencil signed (LR). Provenance: a Palm Beach estate Image Sz: 7 1/2"H x 11 1/2"...

Art Sz: 6.5"H x 16.25"W Frame Sz: 15"H x 24"W

Art Sz: 6 1/2"H x 8 1/2"W Signed lower right Mounted on 4"H x 5"W x 1/4"D wooden block

Image Sz: 10 3/4"H x 6 3/4"W Sheet Sz: 19 1/4"H x 12 1/2"W

Image Sz: 5 7/8" x 7 7/8" Sheet Sz: 9 3/4" x 12 1/2"

Image Sz: 4 7/8"H x 6 7/8"W Sheet Sz: 12 1/2"H x 15 1/2"W

A scarce mezzotint engraved by James Watson published in May,1778. Proof before title; the image has maintained is rich dark tonality. John Hely-Hutchinson (1724-1794) was a politician, lawyer and Provost of Trinity College, Dublin. Born in Gortroe, County Cork in 1724, he graduated from Trinity College in 1744, and swiftly built up a good practice at the Bar. From 1760 until his death he represented Cork in Parliament. Promotion to the post of Prime Serjeant followed in 1761 and on most issues he supported the Government, and acquired several lucrative offices. His appointment as Provost of Trinity as a married layman who had not been a Fellow was a continued source of friction as the Fellows resented the imposition of what they perceived as a career politician with no pretensions to scholarship. He was sympathetic to Catholic Emancipation...

Johann Jakob Haid (1704-1767), engraver Johann Stenglin (1715-1770), engraver Martin van Meytens (1695-1770), inventor Ferdinand Count of Plettenber...

"Wait! 7/8" mezzotint, 4 x 6 inches (Framed size: 11 x 12 inches), $300 A. David Crown, M.D., (1924 - 2016), Founder and Director of the International Mez...

Judas Iscarioth - Judas hangs himself Engraved and published by Willem van Swanenburg (Dutch, 1580 - 1612) after designs by Abraham Bloemaert (1564...

Burnt lines, rattan & wire, on indigo dyed paper

Burnt lines on paper