Lot 4 , Say and Turner after Sir Joshua Reynolds Portraits of Members of the Dilettanti Society Overall 25 x 19.5in.

Say and Turner after Sir Joshua Reynolds
pair of mezzotints
Portraits of Members of the Dilettanti Society
1812-1816,
Overall 25 x 19.5in.
Estimate £100-150

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1st image with central figure holding a glass aloft; Seven men around a table, from left to right: Sir Watkin Williams Wynn seated in profile turned to right wearing 'toga' and pointing to vase in the centre of table, John Taylor standing turned right with eyes to front, holding woman's garter in his left hand, Stephen Payne-Gallway seated turned to left with glass raised to his mouth, Sir William Hamilton seated, gesturing to book on table, Richard Thompson standing behind in embroidered robes, raising a glass in his right hand and speaking to Walter Spencer-Stanhope, in profile turned to left, and John Lewin Smyth leans on the table, listening to Hamilton.
2nd image
Sir Joseph Banks, Bt (1743-1820), Explorer and botanist.
John Charles Crowe (died 1811). Sitter in 4 portraits.
Charles Francis Greville (1749-1809), Son of Francis Greville, 1st Earl of Warwick.
Francis Osborne, 5th Duke of Leeds (1751-1799), Foreign Secretary.
Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (1742-1811), Statesman.
Constantine John Phipps, 2nd Baron Mulgrave (1744-1792), Naval commander.
Kenneth Mackenzie, 1st Earl of Seaforth (1744-1781).


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Sold for £380