Lot Essay
Anne Seymour Damer, sculpturess, was Horace Walpole's niece and heiress.
with an associated dedication 'To the Hon. Anne Seymour Damer, these etchings are respectfully presented by her affectionatily attached friend Harcourt, 1798'; with a collection of aquatints after the Hon. Mary Harcourt of various Continental views, including Nice and Turin; and a mezzotint of William Mason, all unframed
Details
A collection of etchings by Simon, Viscount Nuneham, later 2nd Earl Harcourt, some after Paul Sandby
with an associated dedication 'To the Hon. Anne Seymour Damer, these etchings are respectfully presented by her affectionatily attached friend Harcourt, 1798'; with a collection of aquatints after the Hon. Mary Harcourt of various Continental views, including Nice and Turin; and a mezzotint of William Mason, all unframed
18 x 24in. (40.5 x 61cm.) average
with an associated dedication 'To the Hon. Anne Seymour Damer, these etchings are respectfully presented by her affectionatily attached friend Harcourt, 1798'; with a collection of aquatints after the Hon. Mary Harcourt of various Continental views, including Nice and Turin; and a mezzotint of William Mason, all unframed
18 x 24in. (40.5 x 61cm.) average
Provenance
The Viscounts Harcourt, Nuneham Park, and by descent until removed to The Manor, Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire and by descent until sold Sotheby's London, 10 June 1993, part of lot 910.
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