[Paris and Helen Directing Cupid to inflame each others Heart with Love. Done from an Original Picture Painted by Mrs. Angel.a Kauffman.]
Angelica Kauffman pinx.t. Val. Green Engraver in Metzotinto to his Majesty fecit.
London, Printed for R. Sayer and J. Bennett, N.º 53 Fleet Street, as the Act directs, 1.st Octo.r 1774.
Mezzotint, proof before title, 510 x 360mm (20 x 14¼"), on 18th century watermarked paper. Paper toned, small tear in right margin.
Eros prepares to stab Helen with an arrow, with Paris standing at her side. Published as a pair to 'Renaldo arresting the arm of Almida to prevent her purpose of Suicide'.
Whitman 214, state i of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67508] £320.00
London, Printed for R. Sayer and J. Bennett, N.º 53 Fleet Street, as the Act directs, 1.st Octo.r 1774.
Mezzotint, proof before title, 510 x 360mm (20 x 14¼"), on 18th century watermarked paper. Paper toned, small tear in right margin.
Eros prepares to stab Helen with an arrow, with Paris standing at her side. Published as a pair to 'Renaldo arresting the arm of Almida to prevent her purpose of Suicide'.
Whitman 214, state i of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67508] £320.00