A Conversation in which the Painter has introduced himself.Done from the Original Picture Painted by John Steen, in the Possession of John Blackwood, Esqr. by S. Paul.
R. Sayer Excudit. London, Printed for Robt. Sayer, Map & Printseller No. 53, in Fleet Street, Published as the Act directs, 1st. Jany. 1771.
Mezzotint, 505 x 355mm (19¾ x 14"). Margins a little weakened; a good impression, small foxing in margins.
Cottage interior with two women sitting in front of the hearth, one holding a glass, the other turning in her chair to look at a man in a cape, tattered trousers and broad white collar, who makes a bow, lifting his right hand to his mouth as he introduces himself. Two other men standing closer to the fire and smoking pipes are amused. Mussel shells on the floor and a spoon propped against a large covered pot lower right. Engraved after Jan Havicksz. Steen (Dutch, c.1625-79), by Samuel De Wilde (1751-1832), a painter, especially of theatrical subjects, and watercolourist, who also produced etchings and mezzotints which he signed with the pseudonym 'Samuel Paul'.
CS: undescribed. BM: 1861,1109.351.
[Ref: 22246] £430.00
Mezzotint, 505 x 355mm (19¾ x 14"). Margins a little weakened; a good impression, small foxing in margins.
Cottage interior with two women sitting in front of the hearth, one holding a glass, the other turning in her chair to look at a man in a cape, tattered trousers and broad white collar, who makes a bow, lifting his right hand to his mouth as he introduces himself. Two other men standing closer to the fire and smoking pipes are amused. Mussel shells on the floor and a spoon propped against a large covered pot lower right. Engraved after Jan Havicksz. Steen (Dutch, c.1625-79), by Samuel De Wilde (1751-1832), a painter, especially of theatrical subjects, and watercolourist, who also produced etchings and mezzotints which he signed with the pseudonym 'Samuel Paul'.
CS: undescribed. BM: 1861,1109.351.
[Ref: 22246] £430.00