Print Description
Medium: Mezzotint engraving on wove (vellin) paper.
Sheet size: 37.6 x 50.2 cm (14.8 x 19.76 inch). Image size: 37.6 x 50.2 cm. (14.8 x 19.76 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Light foxing, creasing and soiling. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
VICTORIA EMPRESS OF GERMANY, PRINCESS ROYAL, PRUSSIA, WINTERHALTER, SAMUEL COUSINS, MEZZOTINT PORTRAIT, 19TH-CENTURY ROYALTY, ROYAL MARRIAGE PRINT | PCO-B3-21
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Paul and Dominic Colnaghi & Co., London.
Reference: NPG D33814 (National Portrait Gallery, London).
Biography engraver: Samuel Cousins (1801-1887) was a prominent English mezzotint engraver, particularly known for translating the works of fashionable portrait painters like Sir Thomas Lawrence and Winterhalter into richly tonal mezzotints.
Biography artist: Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805-1873) was a celebrated German portraitist known for his lush, idealized depictions of European royalty, especially those of Queen Victoria and her family.
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