Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 8

18th Century George III Set of Six Mezzotints Depicting Lucretia

About the Item

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 and James Ward, who were among his registered pupils were William Hilton, Charles Howard Hodges, Christiaan Josi, Samuel William Reynolds, James and William Ward (engraver), and Peter de Wint. As a mezzotint engraver Smith occupies the very highest rank. His prints are delicate, excellent in drawing and finely expressive of colour. Among his small full-length portraits in pastels and crayons the best is of Fox, the Whig leader which in 1802 was exhibited in the Royal Academy. Other portraits were of important radicals and whigs Horne Tooke, Sir Francis Burdett and the group of the duke of Devonshire and family support his claims as a successful draughtsman and painter. He had a very thorough knowledge of the principles and history of art, and excelled as a brilliant conversationalist. Painted by George Morland, (1763 – 1804) was an English painter. He was a companion of John Raphael Smith. His early work was influenced by Francis Wheatley but after the 1790s he came into his own style. His best compositions focus on rustic scenes: farms and hunting; smugglers and gypsies; and rich, textured landscapes informed by Dutch Golden Age painting. The finest of Morland’s pictures were executed between 1790 and 1794, and amongst them his picture The inside of a stable (Tate Britain, London) may be reckoned as a masterpiece. In the last eight years of his life Morland produced some nine hundred paintings, besides over a thousand drawings. He exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy from 1784 – 1804. Amongst these was the remarkable 1788 picture Execrable Human Traffic or the Affectionate Slaves. Two years later he exhibited a companion picture showing Africans caring for shipwrecked Europeans. They were subsequently published as prints and served to promote abolitionism.
  • Creator:
    John Raphael Smith (Maker)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 21.5 in (54.61 cm)Width: 16.5 in (41.91 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)
  • Sold As:
    Set of 6
  • Style:
    Georgian (Of the Period)
  • Materials and Techniques:
    Paper,Engraved
  • Place of Origin:
    England
  • Period:
    Late 18th Century
  • Date of Manufacture:
    circa 1781
  • Condition:
    Replacements made: Replacement glass in one frame. Wear consistent with age and use.
  • Seller Location:
    Dublin 8, IE
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: 106091stDibs: LU1103220989012

More From This Seller

View All
18th Century George III Wing Chair
Located in Dublin 8, IE
18th century George III wing chair, the straight back with outscrolled wings raised over outscrolling arms raised above hipped cabriole leg with ...
Category

Antique 1790s Irish George III Armchairs

Materials

Mahogany

18th Century George III Wing Chair

18th Century George III Wing Chair

$10,602
18th Century George III Wing Chair
Located in Dublin 8, IE
18th century George III wing chair, the shaped back without scrolled wings raised over out scrolling arms above ornately carved apron with centra...
Category

Antique 18th Century Irish George III Armchairs

Materials

Mahogany

18th Century George III Wing Chair

18th Century George III Wing Chair

$11,191
18th Century George III Mahogany Pedestal Desk
Located in Dublin 8, IE
18th century George III mahogany pedestal desk. With green-leather top and large centred drawer flanked by two smaller drawers, abov...
Category

Antique Late 18th Century English George III Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Mahogany, Leather

18th Century George III Mahogany Pedestal Desk

18th Century George III Mahogany Pedestal Desk

$12,958
18th Century George III Mahogany Bachelor’s Chest
Located in Dublin 8, IE
18th century George III Mahogany Bachelor’s chest. Petit in size, the plain top is surrounded by ogee molding. The four graduated, cockbeaded d...
Category

Antique 18th Century English George III Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Brass

18th Century George III Mahogany Bachelor’s Chest

18th Century George III Mahogany Bachelor’s Chest

$11,780
18th Century George III Mahogany Breakfront Bookcase
Located in Dublin 8, IE
18th century George III mahogany breakfront bookcase with four astragal glazed doors below fluted frieze and dentil cornice surmounted by pierced swan-neck pediment incorporating car...
Category

Antique 1780s Irish George III Bookcases

Materials

Mahogany

18th Century George III Mahogany Breakfront Bookcase

18th Century George III Mahogany Breakfront Bookcase

$153,146
18th Century George III Carved Giltwood Mirror
Located in Dublin 8, IE
18th Century George III Irish giltwood wall mirror. The frame consisting of elaborate s-scrolls and c-scrolls with acanthus leaves and delicately carved flowers and fruit.
Category

Antique 1760s Irish George III Wall Mirrors

Materials

Mirror, Giltwood

18th Century George III Carved Giltwood Mirror

18th Century George III Carved Giltwood Mirror

$23,560

You May Also Like

‘Smugglers’ A Fine 18th Century Mezzotint After George Morland (1763-1804)
By John Raphael Smith
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A fine late18th century coloured copper mezzotint engraving printed on original handmade wove paper, after the original painting by George Morland. The bottom far left margin referen...
Category

Antique Late 18th Century English Georgian Prints

Materials

Glass, Wood, Paper

‘Smugglers’ A Fine 18th Century Mezzotint After George Morland (1763-1804)

‘Smugglers’ A Fine 18th Century Mezzotint After George Morland (1763-1804)

$1,200
‘Fishermen’ A Fine 18th C. Mezzotint After George Morland (1763-1804)
By John Raphael Smith
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A fine late18th century coloured copper mezzotint engraving printed on original handmade wove paper, after the original painting by George Morland. The bottom left margin references ...
Category

Antique Late 18th Century English Georgian Prints

Materials

Glass, Wood, Paper

‘Fishermen’ A Fine 18th C. Mezzotint After George Morland (1763-1804)

‘Fishermen’ A Fine 18th C. Mezzotint After George Morland (1763-1804)

$1,200
Portrait Mezzotint of Admiral Viscount Duncan
By John Raphael Smith
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
This fine impression of the celebrated print engraved by mezzotint engraver John Raphael Smith after a painting by Henry Danloux shows the subject on the deck of a ship in the heat of the Battle Camperdown. It is framed in an ornate giltwood frame with a paper label on the reverse showing a coat of arms flanked by the inscription ‘Admiral Lord Viscount Duncan when Victorious off Camperdown, is by permission most humbly dedicated to the Hon. Miss Jane Duncan by her most obedient Servant H.P.Danloux London. Published by H. P. Danloux No 11 Charles Street, Middlesex Hospital...
Category

Antique Early 1800s English Prints

Materials

Giltwood, Paper

Portrait Mezzotint of Admiral Viscount Duncan

Portrait Mezzotint of Admiral Viscount Duncan

$7,990
18th Century Engraving Depicting a Religious Scene
Located in Opole, PL
We present you an engraving based on a painting by a Flemish painter, Erasmus Quellin (1607-1678). The template was made by Schelte Adams Bolswert (1581-1659). The whole is closed ...
Category

Antique 18th Century Belgian Prints

18th Century Engraving Depicting a Religious Scene

18th Century Engraving Depicting a Religious Scene

$459
Set of Six 18th Century Engravings by Francois Nicholas Martinet
By François Nicolas Martinet
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
Set of six 18th Century beautiful hand coloured copper plate engravings from '1770- 1786 Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux' Paris Imprimerie Royale by Le Comte de Buffon Georges- Louis ...
Category

Antique 18th Century French Prints

Materials

Paper

Set of Six 18th Century Engravings by Francois Nicholas Martinet

Set of Six 18th Century Engravings by Francois Nicholas Martinet

$4,981 / set
18th-Century Fencing Engraving – Elegant Depiction of Escrime Techniques
Located in Langweer, NL
18th-Century Fencing Engraving – Elegant Depiction of Escrime Techniques This exquisite 18th-century engraving, titled 'Escrime', presents a detailed depiction of fencing techniqu...
Category

Antique 1760s Prints

Materials

Paper

18th-Century Fencing Engraving – Elegant Depiction of Escrime Techniques

18th-Century Fencing Engraving – Elegant Depiction of Escrime Techniques

$376

Recently Viewed

View All