The Golden Age. [&] The Silver Age.
Painted by B. West, Historical Painter to his Majesty. Publish'd by J. Boydell, Engraver Cheapside, June 4.th 1777. Engraved by V. Green, Engraver to his Majesty, and to the Elector Palatine.
[&] Painted by H. Walton. Publish'd by J. Boydell, Engraver. Cheapside Jan.y 30.th 1778. Engraved by J.R. Smith.
Pair of framed mezzotints, extremely rare in matching contemporary frames. Visible area 470 x 559mm (18½ x 22").
Domestic scene in stylised Eastern setting; mother sitting to front and sewing, watching her sleeping young child beside her, old couple in doorway at right; oval format. [&] A circular frame with a little girl in a plain bonnet and cape, sitting in profile to left on a path with a basket of chickens beside her, a tree and high ground behind to the right, a town in a landscape below to the left.
CS: 159. Whitman: 203. [&] CS: 198. Frankau: 320. Ex Collection: The Late Honourable Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 29074] £950.00
[&] Painted by H. Walton. Publish'd by J. Boydell, Engraver. Cheapside Jan.y 30.th 1778. Engraved by J.R. Smith.
Pair of framed mezzotints, extremely rare in matching contemporary frames. Visible area 470 x 559mm (18½ x 22").
Domestic scene in stylised Eastern setting; mother sitting to front and sewing, watching her sleeping young child beside her, old couple in doorway at right; oval format. [&] A circular frame with a little girl in a plain bonnet and cape, sitting in profile to left on a path with a basket of chickens beside her, a tree and high ground behind to the right, a town in a landscape below to the left.
CS: 159. Whitman: 203. [&] CS: 198. Frankau: 320. Ex Collection: The Late Honourable Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 29074] £950.00