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Lot 100

[HAND-COLORED MEZZOTINT]. [NELSON, Lord Horatio (1758-1805)...

Estimate: $600 - $800

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[HAND-COLORED MEZZOTINT]. [NELSON, Lord Horatio (1758-1805), subject]. ?Horatio, Lord Viscount Nelson, Duke of Bronte, K. B. Vice Admiral of the White, &c. &c. &c.? London: J.Freeman & E. Bell, May 1, 1806. Rare hand-colored mezzoprint portrait of Nelson standing on deck with ship?s rigging in the background. Engraved by Edward Bell after a painting by Sir William Beechey (1753-1839). Sight approximately 25 ? x 16 ??. Framed under glass. Frame size approximately 32 x 23?. Print has a few visible tears and chips, and some visible repairs and marginal tears, lower margin visibly trimmed (no apparent loss of text). Some mild toning, soiling to print, a few small spots of loss of color. Still, a very good example of this rare hand-colored mezzotint. Not examined out of frame.