Lot 70
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John Dixon (1740-1801), after Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A.
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John Dixon (1740-1801), after Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A.

Mrs Blake

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John Dixon (1740-1801), after Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A.
Mrs Blake
mezzotint on laid paper, third state of three, good impression with thread margins, published by J.Dixon, London, 1771, inscribed in ink 'Mrs Blake' lower margin
unframed
P. 24 7/16 x 15 7/8in. (62.1 x 40.4cm.)
Provenance
Horace Walpole
Literature
Chaloner Smith 7
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Lot Essay

Here we see Mrs Blake depicted as Juno, Queen of the Gods as she receives the cestus from Venus. Horace Walpole's characteristic ink inscription of the sitters name can be found on a tab of margin at the bottom

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