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[Francis Bacon.]
H. Scott Bridgwater [pencil signature].
Published 1926 by The Museum Galleries, 53, Shorts Gardens, London, W.C. Copyright.
Mezzotint, printed in colours, signed by the engraver, publisher's blind stamp lower left. 320 x 200mm (12½ x 8"), very large margins, with a letterpress biography.
A full length portrait of Francis Bacon (1561-1626), Lord Chancellor to James I but convicted of corruption. According to the letterpress this mezzotint is 'From a painting by an unknown artist in the National Portrait Gallery' (NPG 1288, 'oil on canvas, after 1731, based on a work of circa 1618... a later version of a contemporary painting showing Bacon in his parliamentary robes').
[Ref: 57840] £60.00
Published 1926 by The Museum Galleries, 53, Shorts Gardens, London, W.C. Copyright.
Mezzotint, printed in colours, signed by the engraver, publisher's blind stamp lower left. 320 x 200mm (12½ x 8"), very large margins, with a letterpress biography.
A full length portrait of Francis Bacon (1561-1626), Lord Chancellor to James I but convicted of corruption. According to the letterpress this mezzotint is 'From a painting by an unknown artist in the National Portrait Gallery' (NPG 1288, 'oil on canvas, after 1731, based on a work of circa 1618... a later version of a contemporary painting showing Bacon in his parliamentary robes').
[Ref: 57840] £60.00