Early 19th Century Set of Four French Colourful Mezzotints

18th century George III set of six mezzotints depicting Lucretia, circa 1780, ‘Domestic Happiness’, ‘The Elopement’, ‘The Virtuous Parent’, ‘Dressing for Masquerade’, ‘The Tavern Door’, ‘The Fair Penitent’. Engraved by John Raphael Smith, (1751 – 1812) and painted by George Morland, (1763 – 1804). Engraved by John Raphael Smith, (1751 – 1812) was a British painter and mezzotinter, son of Thomas Smith of Derby, the landscape painter, and father of John Rubens Smith, a painter who emigrated to the United States. Smith became a London publisher from 1781, including among his clients the radical writer and artist William Blake. A prolific mentor of apprentices, he shared plates with at least thirty other London printers. In this group was J. M. W. Turner, Charles H. Hodges, William Ward, Thomas Girtin...

Pair 19th century hand-coloured aquatint etchings depicting scenes from the “Fores’s Coaching Incidents” series. Mounted behind glass in gilt and ebonized frames, this pair were pain...

Fantastic 18th Century Antique Hand-Colored Engravings depicting Greek Mythological scenes. This set of artwork is from J.B. Wicar. These matted and gold gilt...

Suite of 3 color and framed lithographs, illustrating the theme of theater decorations: -Gulliver page n°3 - "composed by Nollau and Rubé -Litho by Eug Cicéri -Ph Benoist and Bayo...