Mezzotint portrait of J.A. Stuart engraved by James Scott, c.1800s

P2/527

fonds

Between 1809-1889

Graphic Materials, Prints

910301

1 print - mezzotint on paper, mounted on canvas and wooden frame - 31 x 38 cm

James Scott (c.1809- c.1889). London-based English engraver specialising in mixed mezzotint engravings after 18th- and 19th-century British portrait painters. His most noteworthy prints are of contemporary events and personalities of historical significance.

1 mezzotint print with black ink on paper, printed from an engraving by James Scott. Print is affixed to a stretched canvas with wooden frame.

Inscription under print: 'J.A. Stuart, private print. From the original picture in the possession of Benjamin Boyd Esq. to whom this plate is dedicated by his sincere & ever obliged friend J. Lilley.'

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