现场拍卖 5867Old Master, Decorative, Modern and Contemporary Prints
拍品 170

John Faber II (1695-1756), After Sir Godfrey Kneller

Portraits of the Kit Kat Club

已结束2009年9月16日

成交价

GBP 875

是否考虑出售类似藏品？

通过我们的专家免费评估服务，了解其价值。

更多信息

如何委托拍卖

John Faber II (1695-1756), After Sir Godfrey Kneller
Portraits of the Kit Kat Club
forty seven mezzotints on laid paper, with margins, published by J.Tonson and J.Faber, London, 1735, with engraved dedication plate to the Duke of Somerset and mezzotint title page, contained within calf binding, worn a rubbed, spine missing and boards detached
S. 14¾ x 10 5/8in. (37.5 x 27cm.)

专家说明

This early series of mezzotint portraits of the leading Whigs who formed the club were painted by Kneller to hang in the room built for the reception of its members at Jacob Tonson's house at Barn Elms. The proportions of the room necessitated the use of a smaller than usual 36 x 28 inch canvas, known since as a kit kat.