A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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[Master Ashton.]
Jos.h Wright Pinx.t. W.m Pether Fecit 1770.
Publish'd as the Act directs Nov.r 26, 1770, by W.m Pether in G.t Russell S.t Bloomsbury.
Rare mezzotint, fine scratch-letter proof before title. 510 x 355mm (20 x 14"), large margins, 18th century watermark.
John Ashton, son of Nicholas Ashton, a former High Sheriff of Lancashire; seated in a landscape, dressed in the girlish style of the period, hugging his spaniel. William Pether also engraved some of Joseph Wright of Derby's most famous works, including 'A Philosopher Giving a Lecture on the Orrery', 'The Farrier's Shop' and 'An Alchymist'.
CS: 1, state i of ii.
[Ref: 53219] £650.00
Jos.h Wright Pinx.t. W.m Pether Fecit 1770.
Publish'd as the Act directs Nov.r 26, 1770, by W.m Pether in G.t Russell S.t Bloomsbury.
Rare mezzotint, fine scratch-letter proof before title. 510 x 355mm (20 x 14"), large margins, 18th century watermark.
John Ashton, son of Nicholas Ashton, a former High Sheriff of Lancashire; seated in a landscape, dressed in the girlish style of the period, hugging his spaniel. William Pether also engraved some of Joseph Wright of Derby's most famous works, including 'A Philosopher Giving a Lecture on the Orrery', 'The Farrier's Shop' and 'An Alchymist'.
CS: 1, state i of ii.
[Ref: 53219] £650.00