[Oliver Goldsmith] [Goldsmith.] From the Original Picture in the Possession of Her Grace the Duchess of Dorset.]
Sir Joshua Reynolds pinx.t. Robert Newton sculpsit.
[London. Pub.d June 4th 1817 by W. Cribb, Tavistock Street.]
Engraving, proof before title, printed on chine collé. 255 x 185mm (10 x 7¼"), with large margins.
The famous portrait of Oliver Goldsmith (1728-74), half-length, wearing a fur-lined cloak, his right hand holding a book to his chest with forefinger in between the pages. The plate was begun by John Summerfield (c.1773-1817), a former apprentice of Francesco Bartolozzi, and completed by Newton after his death.
[Ref: 63592] £260.00
[London. Pub.d June 4th 1817 by W. Cribb, Tavistock Street.]
Engraving, proof before title, printed on chine collé. 255 x 185mm (10 x 7¼"), with large margins.
The famous portrait of Oliver Goldsmith (1728-74), half-length, wearing a fur-lined cloak, his right hand holding a book to his chest with forefinger in between the pages. The plate was begun by John Summerfield (c.1773-1817), a former apprentice of Francesco Bartolozzi, and completed by Newton after his death.
[Ref: 63592] £260.00