Constantia Charming.
Elias Martin ino & Sculp.t.
Published December 18.th 1778, Leicester Street, No. 8.
Fine stipple printed in colours, plate 220 x 165mm (8¾ x 6½"), with large margins. Very light foxing.
A half portrait of a woman wearing a veil, with covered shoulders, directed to the left, reading from a book. By Elias Martin, A.R.A. Swedish, born Stockholm in 1739, died Stockholm 1818. He came to London in 1768, becoming a Royal Academy student the next year and was elected A.R.A in 1770.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997. See 36350 for one printed in sanguine.
[Ref: 60281] £260.00
Published December 18.th 1778, Leicester Street, No. 8.
Fine stipple printed in colours, plate 220 x 165mm (8¾ x 6½"), with large margins. Very light foxing.
A half portrait of a woman wearing a veil, with covered shoulders, directed to the left, reading from a book. By Elias Martin, A.R.A. Swedish, born Stockholm in 1739, died Stockholm 1818. He came to London in 1768, becoming a Royal Academy student the next year and was elected A.R.A in 1770.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997. See 36350 for one printed in sanguine.
[Ref: 60281] £260.00