| Method | Mezzotint |
| Artist | Charles Corbutt [Richard Purcell] after Francis Cotes |
| Published | Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Printseller in Fleet Street. [c.1750] |
| Dimensions | Image 134 x 111 mm, Plate 150 x 113 mm, Sheet 175 x 127 mm |
| Notes |
William Romaine (1714 - 1795) was an evangelical divine of the Church of England, and author of 'Treatises on The Life, Walk, and Triumph of Faith'. Born in Hartlepool, he was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, and was ordained as a deacon in 1736, and a priest in 1738. In 1741 he was appointed chaplain to the Lord Mayor of London, Daniel Lambert. In 1750 he was appointed assistant morning preacher at the fashionable church of St George, Hanover Square. Charles Corbutt was a pseudonym used by the Irish engraver Richard Purcell when plagarising the work of others, usually for the publisher Robert Sayer. Francis Cotes (1726 - 1770) was a British portrait painter. Born in London, he was the elder brother of the miniaturist Samuel Cotes. He was apprenticed to George Knapton in the early 1740s. His first pastels date from 1747, and a serious use of oils from 1757. After 1746, the draperies in his portraits were often painted by Peter Toms, who also collaborated with Reynolds. He exhibited with the Society of Artists (1760 - 68), and was a foundation member of the Royal Academy. From 1765 he lived in Cavendish Square. His earliest portrait of the royal family dates from 1767. He published a short article on pastel technique in the 'European Magazine' in 1797. John Russell was his pupil. Robert Sayer (1725-1794) was a major British publisher and seller of prints and maps. Based at the Golden Buck, Fleet Street (1748), Sayer became a liveryman of the Stationers' Company in 1753. In 1754 he married Dorothy Carlos (d.1774). In 1760 he moved from the Golden Buck to a premises in Fleet Street. At various times he took over the stock of Herman Moll, John Senex, John Rocque and Thomas Jefferys; and probably also took over the stock of Henry Overton II in the 1760s. By the mid-1760s he was becoming increasingly successful; setting up a manufactory for prints, maps and charts in Bolt Court near Fleet Street. In 1780, he married his second wife, Alice Longfield with whom he appears in a painting by Zoffany. Between 1774 and 1784 the business traded as Sayer & Bennett; the partnership ending when Bennett suffered a mental collapse. Thereafter, until Sayer's death in 1794, the company was named Sayer & Co. or Robert Sayer & Co., probably a reference to his assistants Robert Laurie and James Whittle. From 1794 until 1812 the business traded as Laurie & Whittle, Sayer having left the pair a twenty-one year lease on the shop and on the Bolt Court premises, as well as an option to acquire stock and equipment at £5,000, payable over three years. Sayer's son, James, never seems to have been involved in the business. Chaloner Smith 66, Lennox-Boyd i/i, O'Donoghue 5 Condition: Small crease to lower right corner of image and inscription space. Iron inclusion in sheet. |
| Framing | unmounted |
| Price | £70.00 |
| Stock ID | 34404 |