Description: Source unknown, to be determined. State: Only state. Ref: Chaloner Smith 40.
Artists and Engravers: Made by 'Richard Purcell' after 'Joshua Reynolds'. Richard Purcell (1736 - 1766) was a native of Dublin and a pupil of John Brooks. After Brooks went to London in 1746, Purcell remained in Dublin for some time, working for the print-sellers and probably assisting Andrew Miller. Of his work done in Dublin twelve mezzotints are known, most of them signed R. Purcelle. Many of his prints are signed Chas. Corbutt, or C. Corbutt, an alias he adopted to hide his identity on account of his pecuniary embarrassments. Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792) was an influential English painter of the 18th century. He specialised in portrait painting and the 'Grand Style' of painting, which emphasises on idealisation of the imperfect.
Subject: Antique Master Print, untitled. Portrait of Hannah Horneck, the Plymouth Beauty.
Condition: Good, given age. Margins cropped to the platemark. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 25.7 x 35.5 cm. The image size is ca. 25.2 x 35.3 cm.
Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 10.1 x 14 inch. The image size is ca. 9.9 x 13.9 inch.
Medium: Mezzotint engraving on hand laid paper.
Location: TPCLA-A4-14
SKU: 51592
Section: LATPC-MASTERPRINTS
