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Lot 87
  • 87

After Lemuel Francis Abbott circa 1760-1802

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Description

  • Lemuel Francis Abbott
  • Self portrait of the Artist holding a portrait of Nelson

  • engraved N. Green

  • published November 14th 1805 by John Harris, No. 30, Conduit Street, Bond Street, London

    mezzotint on wove paper
  • 43 by 37cm; 17 by 14½in.

Literature

Richard Walker, The Nelson Portraits, 1998, p.32

Catalogue Note

This stunning and rare mezzotint is described by Richard Walker
'Abbott's own self-portrait...shows a stout prosperous looking artist...The expression is faintly smiling, almost complacent, and shows no trace  of the meanness, incompetence and eventual insanity. of which we are told about...'
[Richard Walker, The Nelson Portraits, 1998, p. 34]