Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engrav'd by R. Thew.
Publish'd Mar. 25, 1790, by J. & J. Boydell, Cheapside, & at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall, London.
Rare stipple, proof before title. 250 x 200mm (9¾ x 8"), with large margins. Small hole in title area.
Portrait of Francis George Hare (1786-1847), aged about two, dressed in the chiffon frock fashionable for boys in that period. The third state titles it 'Infancy'. The original oil was presented to the Louvre by the heirs of Baron Alphonse de Rothschild.
Hamilton p.35, state ii of iii.
[Ref: 52160]  £180.00