Lot 32 , James Watson after Benjamin West, The Honourable Robert Monckton, Governor of New York, proof before letters mezzotint c.1762, 49.5 x 36cm

James Watson after Benjamin West
The Honourable Robert Monckton, Governor of New York
proof before letters mezzotint c.1762
49.5 x 36cm
£300-500

Condition:
An extremely rare example depicting Lieutenant General Monckton at the taking of Martinique in 1762, plain buff paper backing and a fairly recent card mount with the details inscribed in pencil, under glass in a Hogarth frame, hand inscribed retailer's label on the back possibly from The Witch Ball Brighton.