Portrait of Charles Fitzroy, afterwards 2nd Duke of Grafton, when Lord Euston (1683-1757)

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Attributed to Constantijn Netscher (The Hague 1668-1723)
Portrait of Charles Fitzroy, afterwards 2nd Duke of Grafton, when Lord Euston (1683-1757)
with inscription 'Netscher. fec.'
pen and brown ink, grey wash, brown ink framing lines, watermark Arms of Amsterdam
27.2 x 20.3 cm.; and four further drawings:
a. Dutch School, late 19th Century, Studies of figures (recto and verso), after Rembrandt (pl. 1)
b. Circle of Pieter Lastman (1583-1633), A Roman lictor (pl. 2)
c. Attributed to Paulus Constantijn la Fargue (1728-1782), A fisherman's wife on the shore (pl. 2), and
d. Flemish School, 17th Century, Head of a young man (pl. 2)
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Lot Essay

After a mezzotint from 1689 by John Smith (1652-1743) (see National Portrait Gallery, London; inv. NPG D11649) after a painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646-1723) sold at Christie's, London, 11 June 2002, lot 12 which is in reverse to the present drawing and the mezzotint.

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