COUNTESS SPENCER AND LADY GEORGIANA AND THE BRADSHAW SISTERS - A FINE PAIR OF 18TH CENTURY REVERSE GLASS MEZZOTINTS.

A fine and charming pair of 18th century reverse glass mezzotints of Countess Spencer and Lady Georgiana and The Bradshaw sisters.

(Margaret) Georgiana Spencer (née Poyntz), Countess Spencer; Georgiana Cavendish (née Spencer), Duchess of Devonshire by P. or S. Paul (Samuel de Wilde?), printed for John Bowles, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, (1759-1761)

Measuring: 14 in. x 10 in. (355 mm x 253 mm) plate size; 14 5/8 in. x 10 1/2 in. (370 mm x 266 mm) reverse glass size. Framed dimensions: 12.5in x 16in (320mm x 390mm).

The Bradshaw Sisters (Anne Porter Bouch (née Bradshaw); Frances Bradshaw), engraved as the Misses Wright by P. or S. Paul (Samuel de Wilde?), after Joseph Wright mezzotint, 1770s

Measuring: 13 7/8 in. x 9 7/8 in. (354 mm x 251 mm) plate size; 14 1/8 in. x 10 1/4 in. (359 mm x 259 mm) reverse glass size. Framed dimensions: 12.5in x 16in (320mm x 390mm)

This matched pair of highly decorative reverse glass mezzotints have a wonderful warm patina and rich colour palette and they are ready to hang in their original 19th century ebonised fruitwood frames.

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Price: £1200 the pair.