Fra. Douce, M.D. Aetat 75.
William Keable Pinx.t. Ja.s M.cArdell Fecit.
[n.d. c.1752.]
A very rare mezzotint. 505 x 345mm (20 x 13½"). Some creasing and scratching. Trimmed.
An equestrian portrait of Dr Francis Douce (1676-1760), a very eccentric physician. The same year this portrait was painted he hired architect John Blake of Winchester to design his tomb, inspired by the ancient pyramids of Egypt. The 15-foot tall monument, believed to be the first funerary pyramid in Great Britain, it sits, aligned along meridian lines, in the churchyard of St. Andrews in Nether Wallop, Hampshire, a Grade II listed historical site. Douce was the grand-uncle of the well-known antiquary of the same name.
Goodwin: 25. CS: 57. W: 843-2
[Ref: 20127] £260.00
[n.d. c.1752.]
A very rare mezzotint. 505 x 345mm (20 x 13½"). Some creasing and scratching. Trimmed.
An equestrian portrait of Dr Francis Douce (1676-1760), a very eccentric physician. The same year this portrait was painted he hired architect John Blake of Winchester to design his tomb, inspired by the ancient pyramids of Egypt. The 15-foot tall monument, believed to be the first funerary pyramid in Great Britain, it sits, aligned along meridian lines, in the churchyard of St. Andrews in Nether Wallop, Hampshire, a Grade II listed historical site. Douce was the grand-uncle of the well-known antiquary of the same name.
Goodwin: 25. CS: 57. W: 843-2
[Ref: 20127] £260.00