Sketches taken at print sales [graphic].

Description

Title: Sketches taken at print sales [graphic].
Contributor: Sandby, Paul, 1731-1809, artist.
Harding, Sylvester, 1745-1809, publisher.
Published / Created: [1 February 1798]
Publication Place: London and England London
Publisher: Published Feby. the 1st, 1798, by Sylvester Harding, 127 Pall Mall
Abstract: Portrait heads of fifty-five men, mostly in profile, identified elsewhere as portraits of various print sellers, collectors, artists, etc., sketched by Paul Sandby while attending print sales in London
Description: Title etched below image.
"The portrait heads are based on thumbnail drawings made by Paul Sandby in the margins of print sale catalogues of the 1780s, now in an album in the Royal Library. They are described by A.P. Oppé in "The Drawings of Paul and Thomas Sandby at Windsor Castle" (Phaidon, 1947), pp. 83-85"--British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1876,1209.612.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Provenance: Samuel Gedge; June 2024.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 23.3 x 34 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English