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Summer.
Summer. From a Picture painted by N. Drake, in the Possession of John Vavasour Esq.r.
N. Drake Pinx.t. V. Green, Engraver to his Majesty fecit.
Published April 22.d 1776 by N. Drake, York
Rare mezzotint, with engraved inscription plate, total printed area 380 x 425mm (15 x 16¾"). Repaired tear centre top.
Landscape with three naked women about to bathe in a forest stream, with lines from James Thomson's important poem 'The Seasons' below. Engraved after Nathan Drake (1726-78), York-based artist. Valentine Green also engraved a 'Winter' after Drake to accompany it.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66135]   £480.00  
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Arthur Wentworth of Bulmer, near Castle Howard, Yorkshire. Aged 75.
Arthur Wentworth of Bulmer, near Castle Howard, Yorkshire. Aged 75. Earth Stopper to Charles late Earl of Carlisle; to Hen. Brewster Darley Esq.r & now to W.m Tuffnell Joliffe & Mann Horsfield Esq.rs.
N. Drake Pinx.t. Val. Green sculp.t.
Publish'd According to Act of Parliament 1st August 1767.
Fine Mezzotint. 280 x 360mm (11 x 14¼"). Laid on card. Small margins.
A blocker of fox holes, astride a black pony, carrying lantern and tools, accompanied by two terriers. A fox watches him from a hillock.
CS 137. Whitman 1 only state.
[Ref: 60443]   £380.00   (£456.00 incl.VAT)
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