W. HARDING (FL. 1787-1792)
Lot 64

W. HARDING (FL. 1787-1792)

The Prelude to Matrimony

Closed24 March 2022

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GBP 1,134

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W. HARDING (FL. 1787-1792)
The Prelude to Matrimony
pencil, grey wash, pen and brown ink with touches of red chalk on paper with partial watermark 'JW'
circular, 12 3⁄8 in. (31.5 cm.) in diam.

Specialist note

The present drawing was engraved by Francesco Bartolozzi as an illustration to Samuel Richardson's The History of Sir William Hamilton. An impression of the print is in the British Museum (1859,0709.757), as are three drawings by Harding for other literary publications, also engraved by Bartolozzi (1874,0509.39, 1874,0509.40, 1874,0509.41).
We are grateful to Jan Piggott for identifying the artist and engraver of this drawing.