Original stipple engraving with the portrait of Jonathan Raine, fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, half length, in a powdered wig and lace jabot. Signed below "S. Harding Del et Sculp", that is drawn and engraved by Silvester Harding.
Original stipple engraving with the portrait of Jonathan Raine, fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, half length, in a powdered wig and lace jabot. Signed below "S. Harding Del et Sculp", that is drawn and engraved by Silvester Harding.
It is mounted on the leaf of a portrait album, with the name and office written by hand within a ruled frame and the reference "Brom: 349", which points to Bromley's catalog of British engraved portraits.
Medium: Stipple engraving
Artist / after: S. Harding (Silvester Harding)
Engraver / lithographer: S. Harding
Date: 1790
Dimensions: 5.3 x 5.9 in (13.5 x 15 cm)
Condition: Good condition; trimmed and mounted on an album leaf, with light toning of the support paper and a small tear at the upper right edge of the trimmed impression