29. Miss Wright’s Mezzotint Richard Brookshaw after Joseph Wright of Derby Printed for John Bowles, No.13 in Cornhill. [c.1780] Image 130 x 112 mm, Plate 149 x 112 mm, Sheet 153 x 117 mm unmounted Presumably a double portrait of Joseph Wright of Derby’s wife Ann Swift, and one of their six children. Lennox-Boyd notes that this is a copy of the left portion of a similar print by Valentine Green in the same direction, with the boy omitted. Chaloner Smith 27 i/i, Clayton - Tate i/i, 1990 P4b, Lennox - Boyd i/i, not in O’Donoghue Ex. Col.: Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd Condition: Trimmed close to platemark. [22149] £120
Mistresses, Courtiers and Genre Figures 30. Maria. Mezzotint Anonymous Published 23rd. July 1787. by Robert Sayer 53 Fleet Street London Image 140 x 113 mm, Plate 152 x 114 mm, Sheet 210 x 135 mm unmounted A young woman shown full-length sitting against a tree in the left foreground, chin on her hand and gazing meditatively at a puppy at her feet, while holding its lead in her lap; a carriage driving along the path in the background. Chaloner Smith undescribed, Lennox-Boyd i/i, Russell undescribed Condition: Small crease to upper right corner of sheet. “204” handwritten in ink in upper margin of sheet. [12942] £120