Thomas Campbell, Esq.re. Proof.
Painted by Thomas Lonsdale. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds, Engraver to the King.
London. Published Jan.y 1. 1827, by W. Sams, Book & Printseller to the Royal Family, opposite S.t James's Palace.
Proof mezzotint. 400 x 320mm (15¾ x 12½"). Some creasing, mainly to margins, small tear in margin taped. Small margins, bit dusty.
Half-length portrait of Scottish poet Thomas Campbell (1777-1844), seated at a desk, quill in hand. He helped found London University (now University College London). In this third state, the plate has been cut down, publication line altered, window replaced by a bookcase and the column fluted.
Whitman 46, state iii of iii. Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64764] £190.00
London. Published Jan.y 1. 1827, by W. Sams, Book & Printseller to the Royal Family, opposite S.t James's Palace.
Proof mezzotint. 400 x 320mm (15¾ x 12½"). Some creasing, mainly to margins, small tear in margin taped. Small margins, bit dusty.
Half-length portrait of Scottish poet Thomas Campbell (1777-1844), seated at a desk, quill in hand. He helped found London University (now University College London). In this third state, the plate has been cut down, publication line altered, window replaced by a bookcase and the column fluted.
Whitman 46, state iii of iii. Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64764] £190.00