Lot 421 , Bartolozzi after Mather Brown The Departure of the Sons of Tippoo, 1795 20 x 25in.

Bartolozzi after Mather Brown
engraving
The Departure of the Sons of Tippoo, 1795
20 x 25in.
Estimate £150-200

This is an original print not a later reproduction, looks rather flat so thought to be laid down, overall paper is discoloured to a pale sepia tone, old damages and faults have been retouched in white, principally down the left hand margin but also across the bottom title and with one or two tiny specks of white in the central figures clothing, one notable brown spot in the centre of the work, and some further fox marks across the bottom but not elsewhere, text at the bottom is a little feint but still legible, under glass in a heavy moulded gilt frame, no labels or inscriptions verso.


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Sold for £800