Lot Essay
James Hope Johnstone was the father of Alice Hope Johnstone (d.1890) who was the wife of Sir Graham Graham-Montgomery 3rd Bt. (1823-1901) and mother of the 4th, 5th and 6th Baronets of Stanhope.
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Minerva visiting the Muses; Vulcan and Venus; Neptune and Amphitrite; A Sacrifice to Jupiter.
Details
Francesco Bartolozzi (1728-1815), after Giovanni Battista Cipriani (1727-1785)
Minerva visiting the Muses; Vulcan and Venus; Neptune and Amphitrite; A Sacrifice to Jupiter.
four etchings and aquatints in brown ink, 1777, without inscription, each framed
P. 18 x 4 1/8 in. (455 x 105 mm.)
One inscribed to the reverse of the frame 'four antique figures for my son J C Hope Jonhstone July 31 1..0 A W Hope Johnstone...' the remainder inscribed JCHJ, and each numbered 1-4 (4)
Minerva visiting the Muses; Vulcan and Venus; Neptune and Amphitrite; A Sacrifice to Jupiter.
four etchings and aquatints in brown ink, 1777, without inscription, each framed
P. 18 x 4 1/8 in. (455 x 105 mm.)
One inscribed to the reverse of the frame 'four antique figures for my son J C Hope Jonhstone July 31 1..0 A W Hope Johnstone...' the remainder inscribed JCHJ, and each numbered 1-4 (4)
Provenance
Probably James Hope Johnstone, and by descent.
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