| Method | Mezzotint |
| Artist | Valentine Green after Pierre Etienne Falconet |
| Published | Dec 30 1769 |
| Dimensions | Image 612 x 383 mm Plate 617 x 383 mm |
| Notes |
Scratched within the image "P. Falconet pinxit / Val. Green fecit 1769" at the base of the pillar on the left, and "The Right Honble. Lady Nuneham. W.W. Ryland execut." at the case of the pillar on the right. Elizabeth Venables-Vernon, Countess of Harcourt, when Lady Nuneham (died 1826), Wife of George Simon Harcourt, 2nd Earl Harcourt. Pierre Etienne Falconet (1741 - 1791) Portrait painter and draughtsman, born in Paris 1741. He was the son of the sculptor, Etienne Maurice Falconet and trained in Paris. He had moved to London by 1766, possibly to study under Reynolds. He became SA member almost immediately, exhibiting SA 1767-72 and RA 1773. He entered the Royal Academy Schools in 1769 and executed in 1768-9 a series of portraits of members of RA, later engraved by D P Pariset. He joined his father in St Petersburg in 1773, returning to Paris in 1778 to marry Marie Anne Collot, the sculptress, pupil and former mistress of his father. Valentine Green (1739-1813) trained under Robert Hancock, a Worcester engraver, after which he moved to London and began working as a mezzotint engraver. He began to exhibit with the Incorporated Society of Artists from 1766, became a fellow a year later and a director in 1771. He was appointed mezzotint engraver to the king in 1773, and the following year was elected an associate engraver with the Royal Academy. Throughout the 1770s and 1780s, Green's engraving practice flourished. In the 1790s, however, several of his international speculations failed and in 1798 he was declared bankrupt. In 1805 he accepted the role of keeper of the British Institution, a post he held until his death. Chalnoer Smith 92, Russell 92, Whitman - V. Green 8, O'Donoghue 437 Condition: Light rubbing to sheet. Thread margins on all sides. Tipped to album page |
| Framing | unmounted |
| Price | £195.00 |
| Stock ID | 17959 |