Samuel Athawes Esq.r.
Painted amd Engraved by J.R. Smith.
Pub. March 20, 1805, by J.R. Smith, 37, King Street, Covent Garden, & ar R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101, Strand.
Mezzotint. 655 x 450mm, 25¾ x 17¾". Some creasing. Large margins.
Full-length portrait of an elderly man, leaning on an unbrella, attended by an adoring Newfoundland dog. Samuel Athawes (1734-1822), print collector and supporter of Charles James Fox. Challoner Smith describes him as a collector who received 'choice impressions' from Woollett.
D'Oench 395; Frankau 17; CS 4.
[Ref: 23101] £420.00
Pub. March 20, 1805, by J.R. Smith, 37, King Street, Covent Garden, & ar R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101, Strand.
Mezzotint. 655 x 450mm, 25¾ x 17¾". Some creasing. Large margins.
Full-length portrait of an elderly man, leaning on an unbrella, attended by an adoring Newfoundland dog. Samuel Athawes (1734-1822), print collector and supporter of Charles James Fox. Challoner Smith describes him as a collector who received 'choice impressions' from Woollett.
D'Oench 395; Frankau 17; CS 4.
[Ref: 23101] £420.00