MRS BROOKS - BY CHARLES SPOONER (1720 - 1767)

King William III of England by William Faithholmr Jnr (1670-1703) after Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646 -1723)

A coloured reverse glass mezzotint presented in a period ebonised and gilded frame. This shoulder length portrait of King William III depicts the sitter wearing the robes of the Order of the Garter.

William Faithorne Jnr was a mezzotint engraver working in the late Stuart Period. The majority of his work are portraits after paintings by Kneller and Lely, the most fashionable artists of the late Stuart court.

Sir Godfrey Kneller was court painter from the reign of Charles II to George I. Kneller concentrated almost exclusively on portraiture and his work is a Who's Who of the royal court. As well as his royal portraits his most famous work are the portraits of the Kit-Kat Club.

This fine and richly coloured impression is housed in a rare hand carved and gilded auricular style frame.

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Medium: Reverse glass mezzotint. Dimensions: 245mm x 300mm Framed dimensions: 320mm x 380mm

Price: £980

MRS BROOKS - BY CHARLES SPOONER (1720 - 1767)

Fine Georgian coloured reverse painted glass mezzotint of Mrs Brooks by Charles Spooner (1720-1767).

Mrs Brooks was a celebrated 18th century beauty and also the wife of the engraver John Brooks. This fine work is on elf a number of variants of this sitter in painted and engraved form.

Titled ‘ Mrs Brooks C.Spooner Fecit - Pronter by Jn Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill’

This fine and richly coloured impression c.1750 is housed in its original hand carved and gilded pear wood frame, and is in excellent condition.

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Medium: Reverse glass mezzotint. Dimensions: 280mm x 210mm Framed dimensions: 320mm x 260mm

Price: £520

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