Mrs Nott. Beautiful Portrait of a Lady. Engraving c1838.

by Wissing, Willem

Antique Print of Mrs Nott. Beautiful portrait engraved c1838.

Beautiful portrait after the painting by Willem Wissing, also known as William Wissing (1656-1687). Stipple and steel engraving by eminent portrait engraver James Thomson (1788-1850) for series on Beauties of the Court of Charles the Second. Published in London circa 1838, with fine later hand-colour.

Wissing was a Dutch artist who, in 1676, moved to London and studied with and worked for Sir Peter Lely. After Lely's death in 1680, Wissing portraits gained pre-eminent status at the court of Charles II. In 1685, James II of England sent Wissing to the Netherlands to paint the portraits of his Dutch son-in-law and daughter, the future William III of England and the future Queen Mary II of England.

Page size is 265 x 165mm (approximately 10.5 x 6.5 inches)