LARGE ANTIQUE MOUNTED ‘A.BACANTE’ ENGRAVING PRINT, J. REYNOLDS, J.R. SMITH

LARGE ANTIQUE MOUNTED ‘A.BACANTE’ ENGRAVING PRINT, J. REYNOLDS, J.R. SMITH

• Beautiful hand coloured antique mezzotint engraving print, entitled ‘A. Bacante’.
• Showing portrait of Emma Hart (later Lady Hamilton, Mistress of Horatio Nelson).
• Text below left side of print reading ‘Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds’.
• Text below right side of print reading ‘Engrav’d by J.R. Smith, Mezzotint Engraver to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales’.
• Printed on thick cream paper then mounted in cream bevelled edge thick card mount. Card backboard.
• No frame included in this sale.
• Measuring approximately 48.5cm tall by 42cm wide (outer mount edge dimensions).
• Print and mount both in good condition – Age spotting in places on both, but not too significantly – PLEASE SEE PHOTOS FOR CONDITION.
• A beautiful antique Joshua Reynolds engraving print, which would look stunning in any home or on display.