[Drawn by C.L.D. Engraved by W. Say. Engraver to H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucester.]
[London: Pub.d & Sold by Edw.d Orme, Printseller to the King & Royal Family, Bond St.rt corner of Brook Street.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters. 610 x 485mm (24 x 19") Blindstamp in inscription area, tear in bottom margin taped.
A self-portrait of novelist and painter Caroline Lucy Douglas (1784-1857) standing on battlements, probably Douglas Castle, holding one of her own books. The daughter of the 1st Baron Douglas of Douglas, she married Vice Admiral Sir George Scott. The original painting, sold at auction in 2017, was dated 1807.
For lettered proof see Ref 56263 and Pair 8282.
[Ref: 67835]  £320.00