An export reverse glass painting
19th century
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An export reverse glass painting 19th century

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An export reverse glass painting
19th century
depicting Venus and Cupid after a drawing by R.Westall -- 13¾in. x 17¾in. (35cms x 45cms), (slight rubbing), gilt wood frame.
See Illustration.

See the similar reverse glass painting, illustrated by M.Jourdain and R.Soame Jenyns, 'Chinese Export Art in the Eighteenth Century', 1967, fig.68, p.108, where the authors explain the original engraving was by R.A Meadows after a drawing by R.Westall, R.A, made in 1794.
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