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[Sarah Amherst and her older brother Jeffrey.]
Painted at Palermo by Robert Fagan Esq.r His Majesty's Consul General for Sicily and Malta. Engraved by Rob.t Dunkarton, 452, Strand.
[n.d., c.1810.]
Scarce mezzotint with engraved border. 320 x 345mm (12½ x 13½"). Tear touching plate at top, printers crease.
Two of the children of William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst, with a dog: the eldest son Jeffrey (1802-26) and Sarah Elizabeth (1801-76). Jeffrey died suddenly in Barrackpore, while his father was leading the Anglo-Burmese War (1824-6); Sarah also travelled to India with her parents, being a painter and botanical illustrator, known under her married name of Hay-Williams. This portrait was painted while Amherst was ambassador-extraordinary to the court of the Two Sicilies, 1809-11. Challoner Smith suggests this plate was never published.
CS: 3.
[Ref: 60210] £450.00
[n.d., c.1810.]
Scarce mezzotint with engraved border. 320 x 345mm (12½ x 13½"). Tear touching plate at top, printers crease.
Two of the children of William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst, with a dog: the eldest son Jeffrey (1802-26) and Sarah Elizabeth (1801-76). Jeffrey died suddenly in Barrackpore, while his father was leading the Anglo-Burmese War (1824-6); Sarah also travelled to India with her parents, being a painter and botanical illustrator, known under her married name of Hay-Williams. This portrait was painted while Amherst was ambassador-extraordinary to the court of the Two Sicilies, 1809-11. Challoner Smith suggests this plate was never published.
CS: 3.
[Ref: 60210] £450.00