West Benjamin After (10 results)

Condition: Good. Stipple and line engraving. 21 x 13 cm. (sheet). Very Good. Light surface soiling.

Condition: Good. Steel engraving. 8 x 10 1/2 in. (sheet). Very Good, some toning in sheet margins.

Condition: Good. Steel engraving. 8 x 10 1/2 in. (sheet). Very Good, some toning and foxing in sheet margins.

Condition: Good. Steel engraving. 7 x 10 1/2 in. (sheet). Very Good, some toning and foxing in sheet margins.

Condition: Good. Steel engraving. 8 x 10 1/2 in. (sheet). Very Good, some toning and foxing in sheet margins.

Condition: Good. Steel engraving. 8 x 10 1/2 in. (sheet). Very Good, some toning and foxing in sheet margins.

Condition: Good. Engraving. 56 x 68.5 cm (sheet). Good, sheet mounted to another support sheet, some losses in the garment of the mother and cushion below, light specks of foxing, some holes and surface soiling, mainly in the margins.

Mezzotint. Scratch lettered impression. State i/ii with inscription in open and scratched letters. In good condition apart from three small tears in the bottom margin. Image size: 18 5/8 x 22 3/4 inches. A stunning portrait of the Children of George III, by the master engraver Valentine Green. In the history of engraving, no printmaker has achieved such depth and precision as Valentine Green. He is considered the father of the English mezzotint because through his example we can see the pinnacle of mezzotint engraving. During his career, Green produced some of the most beautiful and sought after 18th century mezzotints. At an early age Green apprenticed himself to Robert Hancock of Worcester, where he produced his first published work 'A Survey of the City of Worcester'. In 1765 Green moved to London where his excellent scraping soon earned him a much celebrated reputation. He soon became mezzotint engraver to George III, and a member of the Royal Academy. Throughout his industrious career Green, scratched over 400 plates working from portraits by Benjamin West and Sir Joshua Reynolds. This group portrait of some of George III's younger children (as of 1778) was one of several mezzotints Green made after paintings by Benjamin West and in his capacity as Engraver to the King. West, of course, was the American expatriate, who became one of the leading portrait artists of the age. The composition is an appealing and economical group of six children: Prince Ernest (standing), Prince Augustus (reclinging), Princesses Augusta (the oldest) and Elizabeth (kneeling with the baby) with Prince Adolphus (still in baby clothes, also holding Princess Mary. The famously uxorious George had fifteen children in all. Queen Charlotte gave birth to three more children after this group was drawn. The original painting is in the Royal Collection. A charcoal sketch by West with five of the children (without the baby Princess Mary) is in the Victoria & Albert. Whitman, Valentine Green 70,i/ii; Chaloner Smith, British Mezzotinto Portraits 50, i/ii; Russell, English Mezzotint Portraits, and their States i/ii.…

Condition: Very Good. A fine pen and ink drawing / watercolour of the Death of General Wolfe, early 19th century. , Image Size : 430x592 (mm), 16.93x23.31 (Inches), Platemark Size : , Paper Size : 487x636 (mm), 19.17x25.04 (Inches), Black & White, pen and ink drawing, Watercolor.

Condition: VG. [Pennsylvania] (Penn, William) William Penn's Treaty with the Indians, when he founded the Province of Pensylvania in North America 1681. London: John Boydell, June 12, 1775. Hand-colored engraving. Engraved by John Hall after the painting by Benjamin West. 18 3/4 x 24 in. (476 x 610 mm). Edges trimmed close to plate mark; An iconic image, considered one "of the best-known prints of a Philadelphia scene" (Snyder, City of Independence, p. 252), depicting William Penn entering into the Treaty of Shackamaxon with the Lenni Lenape people. To help bolster the reputation of the Penn family, William Penn's son, Thomas (1702-75), commissioned Benjamin West to create his allegorical painting, after which John Boydell based his print. John Hall after the painting by Benjamin West (illustrator).…