Nov 21, 2024 - Sale 2687

Sale 2687 - Lot 32

Price Realized: $ 1,188
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--PRINTS.) J.R. Smith, engraver. Engraving of Banastre Tarleton after the portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Mezzotint, 25¼ x 15¾ inches; trimmed within platemark, minimal wear. London: J.R. Smith, 11 October 1782

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A period portrait of the British cavalry colonel, best known as commander of the unit which massacred the surrendered American troops at the Battle of Waxhaws. J.C. Smith, British Mezzotinto Portraits, pages 1305-1306 (second state with full imprint line and original address).