Lot Essay
Transparant prints such as this were intended to be viewed whilst being lit from behind with a candle which creates a wonderfully luminous effect
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Smugglers
Details
Charles Turner (1773-1857), after The Honourable Mrs Yates
Smugglers
handcoloured transparant mezzotint on wove paper, good impression with margins, published by E.Orme, London, 1799
unframed
P. 20 3/16 x 12 3/16in. (51.2 x 31cm.)
Smugglers
handcoloured transparant mezzotint on wove paper, good impression with margins, published by E.Orme, London, 1799
unframed
P. 20 3/16 x 12 3/16in. (51.2 x 31cm.)
Literature
Charles Turner, Engraver Whitman p.286
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