Mons.r de Voltaire. 65
L.Sen delin.t. C.Corbutt [pseudonym of Richard Purcell] fec.t
[London, Sayer?, c.1760.]
Mezzotint. 355 x 250mm, large margins.
A portrait of philosopher François-Marie Arouet (21 November 1694 - 30 May 1778), better known by the pen name Voltaire, sitting at a table writing. Corbutt was a pseudonym used by the Irish engraver Richard Purcell when plagarising the work of others, usually for the publisher Robert Sayer. The original of this plate was engraved by Houston for John Bowles.
C.S. Purcell 73. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65609] £490.00
[London, Sayer?, c.1760.]
Mezzotint. 355 x 250mm, large margins.
A portrait of philosopher François-Marie Arouet (21 November 1694 - 30 May 1778), better known by the pen name Voltaire, sitting at a table writing. Corbutt was a pseudonym used by the Irish engraver Richard Purcell when plagarising the work of others, usually for the publisher Robert Sayer. The original of this plate was engraved by Houston for John Bowles.
C.S. Purcell 73. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65609] £490.00