Hoppner painter (9 risultati)

stipple engraving, from 'Contemporary Portraits'.

Soft Ground Etching, W. Daniell.

Condizione: Good. Original engraving on rag paper. Very Good+. Faint stain at bottom edge, not affecting image. 12 x 9 inches sheet size, accompanied by 10 pages of letterpress description. From the original of Hoppner in His Majesty's Collection.

Condizione: Good. Original engraving on rag paper. Very Good+. Minor stain on bottom edge of page, not affecting image. 12 x 9 inches sheet size, accompanied by 6 pages of letterpress description. From the Guildhall, London.

Condizione: Good. Original engraving on rag paper. Very Good+. 12 x 9 inches sheet size, accompanied by 11 pages of letterpress description. From His Majesty's Collection.

Condizione: Good. Original engraving on rag paper. Very Good. Some foxing around top and right sides of engraving, and minor stain on bottom edge of page, not affecting image. 12 x 9 inches sheet size, accompanied by 12 pages of letterpress description. From the collection of His Grace the Duke of Bedford, at Woburn Abbey.…

Condizione: Good. Original engraving on rag paper. Very Good+. 12 x 9 inches sheet size, accompanied by 7 pages of letterpress description. From the collection of the Honourable James Abercromby.

Condizione: Good. Original engraving on rag paper. Very Good. Minor traces of foxing and light stain on bottom edge, not affecting image. 12 x 9 inches sheet size, accompanied by 14 pages of letterpress description. From collection of the Right Honourable Lord Carrington.

Original copper engraving (44 x 60 cm, overall sheet 55 x 68 cm). Tissue guard to verso. Light scattered foxing to edges of margins, not affecting plate. From "A Collection of Prints. Illustrating the Dramatic Works of Shakespeare." published by Boydell, London, 1803. In 1789, the publisher John Boydell opened the Shakespeare Gallery, an exhibition space in London's Pall Mall showcasing paintings that exclusively represented scenes from Shakespeare's plays. The Gallery was a bid to revive 'history painting' (the practice of depicting scenes from the Bible, mythology or the classics) in contemporary British art, a genre thought to be of great public benefit because of its morally instructive messages. What better unifying theme for such a project than the works of Shakespeare, which had become so popular and so integral to British identity by the mid-18th century? The Gallery opened in May 1789 with 34 canvases by 18 British artists. By the next year there were 55 paintings and in 1796 the total was 84, along with dozens of 'Small Pictures'. Once the exhibition was mounted, reproductive engravings of the paintings produced by an in-house team of 46 printmakers were available to purchase, either as a large portfolio of 90 prints or as a luxurious illustrated edition of the plays. (The British Library).…