JOHN BURGESS HAFFEY - BY ROBERT LAURIE AFTER JOHN FOLDSONE.

DUDLEY CARELTON VISOUNT DORCHESTER - BY WILLEM JACOBSZ DELFF AFTER MICHIEL VAN MIEREVELT.

Portrait of Dudley Carleton, Viscount Dorchester by Willem Jacobsz. Delff after Michiel van Mierevelt.

Carleton worked as a diplomat for James I and subsequently Charles I in Venice, the Low Countries and France. He also acted as an agent for the greatest English art collectors of the day, buying old master paintings and liaising between English connoisseurs and contemporary artists on the Continent. He returned to England in 1628, where he was made a Viscount and Secretary of State.

Engraving c. 1620 in fine condition.

Height: 161mm Width: 127 mm Framed: 450.mm x 370 mm

Price: £620

JOHN BURGESS HAFFEY - BY ROBERT LAURIE AFTER JOHN FOLDSONE.

Fine 18th century mezzotint portrait of John Burgess Haffey by Robert Laurie after John Foldsone.

Half-length portrait, when a child, facing slightly left, with left hand in pocket and within a plain oval border.

Inscription: 'J. Foldson pinxt. Robt. Laurie fecit. London, Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, No.53 Fleet Street as the Act directs 1 May 1777.' (Lettered with name of sitter and) n'184' (Numbered)

Mezzotint 1777

Print Dimensions: Height: 35.2cm/ Width: 25.4cm. Framed Dimensions: Height: 54cm / Width 44cm.

Price: £480

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