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[St Dunstan.] To the Worshipful Company of the Mistery of Goldsmiths in the City of London this plate is Humbly Dedicated by their most humble Servant G.Bockman. St. Dunstan was well-extracted, being related to King Athelston.
B.[Gerhard Bockman] Pinxit & fecit 1743.
Mezzotint. Sheet 380 x 270mm (15 x 10¾"). Trimmed to plate, mounted in album paper.
St. Dunstan (c.909-88), abbot of Glastonbury, bishop of Worcester, bishop of London, and archbishop of Canterbury, as well as serving as minister of state to several Saxon kings. A late C11th legend tells that the Devil tempted Dunstan disguised as a woman, but was caught by the nose with the tongs shown in this portrait.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. CS 6, only state.
[Ref: 695] £660.00
Mezzotint. Sheet 380 x 270mm (15 x 10¾"). Trimmed to plate, mounted in album paper.
St. Dunstan (c.909-88), abbot of Glastonbury, bishop of Worcester, bishop of London, and archbishop of Canterbury, as well as serving as minister of state to several Saxon kings. A late C11th legend tells that the Devil tempted Dunstan disguised as a woman, but was caught by the nose with the tongs shown in this portrait.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. CS 6, only state.
[Ref: 695] £660.00