David MARTIN: Portrait of the Sculptor Lewis Francis Roubiliac - 1765

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Price: € 1200

Mezzotint, 380 x 255 mm. Smith 6, 2/2.

Impression of the 2nd state (of 3) with letter. The British Museum has indeed an impression of a third state not described in Smith's catalogue, with reworks in the shadows.

Fine impression printed on thin laid paper. A small stray hair embedded in the ink during printing, very slight rubbing, otherwise in very good condition. Thread margins.

This lively portrait of the sculptor Louis François Roubiliac (1702 - 1762) was engraved by David Martin after a painting by Adrien Carpentiers (ca. 1713 - 1778) in the National Portrait Gallery, London. It shows the sculptor working on the preparatory terracotta for his statue of Shakespeare, formerly held by the British Museum and now by the British Library.

Reference: John Chaloner Smith, British Mezzotinto Portraits : Being a Descriptive Catalogue of These Engravings, 1884.