British painter, landscape architect (1685-1748)

Sebastiano Resta. Etching by Arthur Pond, 1738, after P.L. Ghezzi.

Members of the Society of Artists congregated round a table. Etching by R. Sawyer, 1829.

1 print : etching ; platemark 28.5 x 18.5 cm

1 print : etching ; platemark 31.4 x 40.4 cm

A hermit reading in a rocky landscape. Etching by J. Wood, 1744, after S. Rosa.

1 print : etching ; platemark 32.2 x 35.7 cm

Sir Isaac Newton: monument. Line engraving by P. Fourdrinier after W. Kent and M. Rysbrack.

Lot, drunk, rests back into the arms of one of his daughters; the other one pours him more wine; in the background his wife watches Sodom burn. Engraving by W. Kent after D. Zampieri, il Domenichino, 1630.

1 print : line engraving with etching ; border 23.8 x 31.9 cm

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Lot, drunk, rests back into the arms of one of his daughters; the other one pours him more wine; in the background his wife watches Sodom burn. Engraving by W. Kent after D. Zampieri, il Domenichino, 1630.

Sir Isaac Newton: monument. Line engraving by P. Fourdrinier after W. Kent and M. Rysbrack.

Sebastiano Resta. Etching by Arthur Pond, 1738, after P.L. Ghezzi.

A hermit reading in a rocky landscape. Etching by J. Wood, 1744, after S. Rosa.

Members of the Society of Artists congregated round a table. Etching by R. Sawyer, 1829.