LIONEL SACKVILLE DUKE OF DORSET BY JOHN FABER AFTER SIR GODFREY KNELLER.

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

LIONEL SACKVILLE DUKE OF DORSET BY JOHN FABER AFTER SIR GODFREY KNELLER.

FFine mezzotint print of Lionel Cranfield Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset (1688-1756) was the Lord Lieutenent of Ireland and a member of the Kit-Kat Club.

Portrait, half-length directed to the right, left hand on hip, his right hand tucked inside decorated coat, sash hanging diagonally from his left shoulder, looking towards the viewer, wearing long brown wig, lacy cravat and sword, landscape in the background to the right; arms below; lettered state. 1732

Mezzotint with etching

Description: The lower margin reads: "Lionel Cranfield Sacvile/ Duke of Dorset, &cc./ G. Kneller Bar.t Pinx.t/ J. Faber Fecit 1731.”

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

Price: £640

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