HONOURABLE MRS SPALDING 1842 John Henry Robinson - Chalon ENGRAVING

Original 1842 9 1/4 inch x 6 1/2 inch Etching and Engraving titled THE HON’BLE MRS SPALDING

Portrait of Mary Wilhelmina Spalding; almost whole length, seated to right, looking to left; holding flower and handkerchieg; wearing dark gown with lace collar and bow; in octagonal.

Engraved by John Henry Robinson (1796 - 1871). A line, stipple and occasional mezzotint engraver from Bolton. He was apprenticed to James Heath between 1814-1818 and then set up initially as a book-illustrator. He engraved portraits and prints after popular contemporary painters, e.g. Landseer. He fought a long battle to win respect from the Royal Academy as a line-engraver and was eventually elected Associate Member of the Royal Academy in 1856.

After Alfred Edward Chalon (1780 - 1860). Chalon was born in Geneva but moved with his family to London at the time of the French Revolution. He studied at the Royal Academy Schools from 1797 and established a reputation as a fashionable portraitist in watercolours. He was appointed Portrait Painter in Watercolours to Queen Victoria in 1837 and he was the first artist to whom she sat after her accession.

Published on October 1st, 1842, by Longman & Co., Paternoster Row, London

The engraving is in very good condition.