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[Emily St Clare] Hilaria. From the Original Picture, in the Possession of Sir J.F> Leicester Bart.t &c.&c.
Painted by H. Thomson Esq.r. R.A. Engraved by W.m Say/
London, Published May 20, 1806 by the Engraver, 92 Norton Street, Marylebone.
Fine & rare mezzotint, title in open letters. Sheet 300 x 250mm (11¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed, losing part of title.
A full-length portrait of Emily St Clare (fl 1800-10) in a landscaped garden, pointing at a barn owl in a tree above an ornamental pedestal. In the title are four lines of verse The BM's example of this print is titled 'Portrait of a Lady', also in open letters, with the same inscriptions, but only two lines of verse. Emily was the mistress of John Fleming Leicester, 1st Baron de Tabley, before his marriage to Georgiana Maria Cottin in 1810; he commissioned several portraits of her, including at least three that were published.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68213] £420.00
London, Published May 20, 1806 by the Engraver, 92 Norton Street, Marylebone.
Fine & rare mezzotint, title in open letters. Sheet 300 x 250mm (11¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed, losing part of title.
A full-length portrait of Emily St Clare (fl 1800-10) in a landscaped garden, pointing at a barn owl in a tree above an ornamental pedestal. In the title are four lines of verse The BM's example of this print is titled 'Portrait of a Lady', also in open letters, with the same inscriptions, but only two lines of verse. Emily was the mistress of John Fleming Leicester, 1st Baron de Tabley, before his marriage to Georgiana Maria Cottin in 1810; he commissioned several portraits of her, including at least three that were published.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68213] £420.00