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JOHN GREENWOOD (after Frans van Mieris)
Dutch Interior Showing aYoung Man Courting aYoungWoman
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Mezzotint, circa 1770. 280x190 mm; 11x7
1
/
2
inches, narrow margins. Proof before letters
and with the lower margin partially unclean. Ex-collection Gottfried Eissler (Lugt
supplement 805b, verso). A superb, early impression with no sign of wear.
American-born Greenwood (Boston 1727-1792 Margate) produced an extensive body
of engraved and mezzotint prints in the late 1700s in England and Holland, though he
never produced a single work in his homeland. LeBlanc 11.
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