Antique Master Print-ROBINETTA-YOUNG GIRL-PORTRAIT-BIRD-Jones-Reynolds-1787

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‘ROBINETTA.’

– Original antique master print : ‘Robinetta’. This plate shows a young girl, depicted three-quarter-length, seated in a landscape. On her right shoulder is a bird. The original painting ‘Robinetta’ by Sir Joshua Reynolds (c.1786), which this print is taken from, is in the Tate Collection.

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Description

Original antique master print : ‘Robinetta’. This plate shows a young girl, depicted three-quarter-length, seated in a landscape. On her right shoulder is a bird. The original painting ‘Robinetta’ by Sir Joshua Reynolds (c.1786), which this print is taken from, is in the Tate Collection.

Made by John Paul Jones after Joshua Reynolds.

Medium: stipple engraving / mezzotint engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 27 x 37.5 cm (10.63 x 14.76 inch). Image size: 23.5 x 28 cm. (9.25 x 11.02 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Edges browned. A few very small tears in the margins, not affecting image. Top right and bottom left corner minimal paper loss. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

ROBINETTA-YOUNG GIRL-PORTRAIT-BIRD | DP-A3-001-12

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

This original antique print was published in England, dated 1787. Artists and Engravers: This plate engraved by John Paul Jones after Joshua Reynolds.

Biography engraver: John Paul Jones (c. 1745-1797) was a British engraver. He was appointed engraver extraordinary to the Prince of Wales, and was also the principal engraver to the Duke of York. He produced a large number of portraits, mainly after Reynolds, Romney and other contemporary painters. He was both a mezzotint and stipple engraver.

Biography artist: Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792) was an influential English painter of the 18th century. He specialised in portrait painting and the ‘Grand Style’ of painting, which emphasises on idealisation of the imperfect.

Additional information

Dimensions 37 × 27 × 1 cm

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