← Old Master Prints
← Old Master Prints
GROZER, Joseph (ca.1755–1798)
Mrs. H. Mackenzie (Lady Seaforth) and Child, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
- Medium
- Mezzotint, 1787, published by William Dickinson
- Catalogue reference
- Chaloner Smith 17, first state of two; Russell 17, first state of four; Mannings 1595; Hamilton (The Engraved Works, 1755-1822, of Sir Joshua Reynolds) p. 130, 1
- Provenance
- Otto Schafer (not in Lugt); P & D Colnaghi, illustrated in The Mezzotint Rediscovered, 1975, no. 131.
- Condition
- A superb proof-state impression before all letters , printed in dark brown ink with narrow margins all round. Several printing creases in the margins, a little dust-marked in bottom margin, extremely pale foxing, otherwise in very good, unrubbed condition.
- Size
- 505 × 353mm
- Additional notes
-
Grozer made some 27 portrait mezzotints in his short career, as well as a few historical and genre topics, all exceedingly rare today.
- Price
- $3,750 USD