Valentine Green After Sir Joshua Reynolds P.R.A Mezzotint Engraving Charles Earl Of Dalkeith With His Pet Owl 1778 satire A pupil of Francesco Albani

A pupil of Francesco Albani

Inscribed to reverse with attribution and old sale(

From the 1790s he established himself in Philadelphia and New York producing small crayon portraits (the most notable being that of George Washington

Much influenced by Burne-Jones who was himself from Birmingham

Valentine Green After Sir Joshua Reynolds P.R.A Mezzotint Engraving Charles Earl Of Dalkeith With His Pet Owl 1778 satire A pupil of Francesco AlbaniValentine Green 1739 1813 after Sir Joshua Reynolds P. R. A 1723 1792. Mezzotint engraving. Charles William Scott, Earl of Dalkeith 1772 1819. Superb impression of the 1st. State, Scratch letter proof. Published January 1st 1778 by W Shropshire No. 158 New Bond Street. Provenance: Bears Collection Stamps of Sir Thomas Lawrence P. R. A 1769 1830 and Thomas Kirk 1765 1796. 35. 5 by 51 cms pl. 40. 3 by 56 cms sheet. (Small rust mark to upper left