[Lady Molineaux.]
Kettle pin.t. J. Watson fecit.
[London Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Map and Printseller No 53 in Fleet Street.] [n.d., c.1760.]
Mezzotint, scratch-letter proof before title. 390 x 280mm (15½ x 11"). Narrow margins.
A seated portrait of a woman with a pearl necklace and pearls in her hair. The name 'Lady Molineaux' was added to the third state of the plate (dated 1769), but Chaloner Smith writes that the likeness does not resemble another portrait of Molineaux, but is very similar to a portrait of Anne Barry ('Mrs Barry', the actress) engraved by J.S. Paul.
CS 101; Goodwin 61, i of iii.
[Ref: 32990] £260.00
[London Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Map and Printseller No 53 in Fleet Street.] [n.d., c.1760.]
Mezzotint, scratch-letter proof before title. 390 x 280mm (15½ x 11"). Narrow margins.
A seated portrait of a woman with a pearl necklace and pearls in her hair. The name 'Lady Molineaux' was added to the third state of the plate (dated 1769), but Chaloner Smith writes that the likeness does not resemble another portrait of Molineaux, but is very similar to a portrait of Anne Barry ('Mrs Barry', the actress) engraved by J.S. Paul.
CS 101; Goodwin 61, i of iii.
[Ref: 32990] £260.00