Barnaschina P (1 results)

Condition: Good. Colour mezzotints. 26 x 36.5cm . Marginal teaers. Very rare.British Museum number 2010,7081.453: Winter: a woman with a large muff and fur tippet, walking arm-in-arm with a man wearing a top hat, with men skating and shooting in a wintry landscape behind; from a set of the seasons. 1798Hand-coloured mezzotint with etching.B.M. Museum number 2010,7081.454:Spring: a young woman in a close plumed hat and empire-line gown, holding a flower and looking at a little boy who holds a birds' nest with several chicks, while a little girl kneels beside a rose-bush behind to left.Bibliographic references Chaloner Smith 1883 / British Mezzotinto portraits from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century (undescribed) Russell 1926 / English Mezzotint Portraits and their states: Catalogue of Corrections of and Additions to Chaloner Smith's "British Mezzotinto Portraits" (undescribed).Provenance : From the collection of Frederic Gale Ruffner, Jr., the founder of Gale Research, Detroit. …