The Falconer 18th.Century Mezzotint Engraving By SW Reynolds After James Northcote 1797 Sir Thomas Lawrence Drawn on thin wove card

Drawn on thin wove card some slight time discolouration

A distant view of Rome

Venetian School 18th

typically with extensive graphical perspective is called a vue d'optique or "perspective view"

in which he was greatly influenced by David Wilkie

The Falconer 18th.Century Mezzotint Engraving By SW Reynolds After James Northcote 1797 Sir Thomas Lawrence Drawn on thin wove cardSamuel William Reynolds Mezzotint Engraving After James Northcote R. A. A Portrait of Mr Samuel Northcote of Plymouth, The Falconer. Published March 1st 1797 by JR Smith King Street Covent Garden. A good rich impression trimmed to plateline and laid on to 19th. Century card. Some general surface abrasion. 35. 1 by 50. 2 cms. Image. 38. 5 by 52 5 cms. on backing. Presented in a slightly earlier 18th. Century carved mahogany veneered fruitwood frame 44