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HARDING, John. Six Designs from Nature humbly dedicated with permission to the Rt. Honble. Lady Diana Beauclerc by her Ladyships most obligd humble Servt. J Harding. [n.d., two plates dated 1795].
4° (350 x 307mm). 6 hand-coloured soft-ground etched plates (205 x 175mm. approx.), each mounted within an aquatint border, by Harding, manuscript title on upper cover. (One plate detached.) Original cloth-backed boards, the upper cover with a mounted original watercolour by Harding incorporating the manuscript title, within a wash border, three other watercolour vignettes (two on the upper, one on the lower cover), the covers edged with a mounted tinted engraved border and a thin gilt rule (some soiling, small sections lacking from the borders and the mounted watercolour, spine defective). Provenance: Signed by the artist, presented to Lady Diana Beauclerck (1734-1808). DEDICATION COPY.
4° (350 x 307mm). 6 hand-coloured soft-ground etched plates (205 x 175mm. approx.), each mounted within an aquatint border, by Harding, manuscript title on upper cover. (One plate detached.) Original cloth-backed boards, the upper cover with a mounted original watercolour by Harding incorporating the manuscript title, within a wash border, three other watercolour vignettes (two on the upper, one on the lower cover), the covers edged with a mounted tinted engraved border and a thin gilt rule (some soiling, small sections lacking from the borders and the mounted watercolour, spine defective). Provenance: Signed by the artist, presented to Lady Diana Beauclerck (1734-1808). DEDICATION COPY.