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Paris. Engraved after an Original Picture of the same size Painted by Rosalba.
WP. [Engraved by William Smith after Rosalba Carriera]
Published April 14 1773 & sold by Tho.s Pether Berwick, Street, Soho.
Rare mezzotint, title area uncleaned. 460 x 310mm (18 x 12¼), with large margins. Creasing in margins.
Head and shoulders portrait of a young man as Paris, a sheepskin over his shoulder, holding up an apple. The British Museum has a scratch letter proof before title, with the inscription 'W.Smith, Pupil to M. W. Pether Fecit'; it is possible that William Pether intended to put his name on the finished print, accounting for the 'WP' monogram on this example. As we can find only these two impressions it might never have been published. Smith's career was short, with plates dated 1773-6; it is said that in later life he became a stockbroker.
See BM 1858,1113.23 for the proof. CS 5, describing the BM's proof, this state not listed.
[Ref: 58828] £690.00
WP. [Engraved by William Smith after Rosalba Carriera]
Published April 14 1773 & sold by Tho.s Pether Berwick, Street, Soho.
Rare mezzotint, title area uncleaned. 460 x 310mm (18 x 12¼), with large margins. Creasing in margins.
Head and shoulders portrait of a young man as Paris, a sheepskin over his shoulder, holding up an apple. The British Museum has a scratch letter proof before title, with the inscription 'W.Smith, Pupil to M. W. Pether Fecit'; it is possible that William Pether intended to put his name on the finished print, accounting for the 'WP' monogram on this example. As we can find only these two impressions it might never have been published. Smith's career was short, with plates dated 1773-6; it is said that in later life he became a stockbroker.
See BM 1858,1113.23 for the proof. CS 5, describing the BM's proof, this state not listed.
[Ref: 58828] £690.00
Le Printemps. L'Eclat des fleurs est peu durable, / La Beauté s'altere aisément; / Il n'est qu'un instant favorable / Et cet instant c'est le présent.
Rosa Alba Carriera pinxit. Lepicié Sculp.
a Paris chez l'Auteur rüe St Jacques au dessus des Jacobins APDR [n.d., c.1740.]
Etching. Sheet 195 x 135mm (7¾ x 5¼"). Trimmed within platemark.
Half-length portrait of a young woman, wearing a mantle in which she carries some flowers, which leaves her breasts exposed.
[Ref: 58243] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Rosa Alba Carriera pinxit. Lepicié Sculp.
a Paris chez l'Auteur rüe St Jacques au dessus des Jacobins APDR [n.d., c.1740.]
Etching. Sheet 195 x 135mm (7¾ x 5¼"). Trimmed within platemark.
Half-length portrait of a young woman, wearing a mantle in which she carries some flowers, which leaves her breasts exposed.
[Ref: 58243] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)