Robert Dighton Etching The Specious Orator Portrait Of The Auctioneer James Christie 1794 James Ward Philip Sheppard 1838-1895

Philip Sheppard 1838-1895

5 cms to mounted oval

Finally announcing to her disbelieving shipmates that she was in fact a woman

1 cms on backing (backing has corner loss and damages)

Provenance: With Feist Gallery NYC

Robert Dighton Etching The Specious Orator Portrait Of The Auctioneer James Christie 1794 James Ward Philip Sheppard 1838-1895Robert Dighton 1752 1814. Hand coloured etching. "The Specious Orator. Will your Ladyship do me the honor to say 50,000 a mere trifle a brilliant of the first water. An unheard of price for such a lot, surely." Portrait of The Auctioneer James Christie. 1794 laid on card 15 by 20. 5 cms. Pl. James Christie (17301803) was a Scottish auctioneer who founded the auction house Christie's.