Samuel Arlent Edwards Mezzotint after George Romney "Emma, Lady Hamilton", 1902

Item Details

Samuel Arlent Edwards (English, 1861 – 1938) after George Romney (English, 1734 – 1802)
Emma, Lady Hamilton, 1902
Mezzotint engraving on paper
Signed to the lower right
Published by L. Katz, New York
Inscribed information on the work to interior of mat boards

This engraving depicts the English model and socialite Emma, Lady Hamilton. She was the muse of portrait artist George Romney, and known as the mistress of Lord Horatio Nelson.

Samuel Arlent Edwards was an English artist born in Somerset in 1862. He studied art and architecture at the Kensington Museum Art School, and was later apprenticed at the engraving firm Appleton, Josey, & Alais, where he excelled at the mezzotint engraving process. Edwards moved to New York in 1890, and began work as a book illustrator while perfecting what became his signature process of full-color printing from a single mezzotint plate. His detailed interpretations of old master paintings and portraiture are collected worldwide.

Condition

- toning to print paper; slight toning and edge wear to mat.

Dimensions

- measurement of mat; visible image measures 4.0" W x 5.0" H

Item #

ITMG419698