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THE GOLF SALE Fine & Decorative Arts

Wed, Mar 29, 2017 02:00PM EDT - Thu, Mar 30, 2017 02:00PM EDT
Lot 9

AFTER LEMUEL FRANCIS ABBOTT (1760-1803): HENRY CALLENDER ESQ.

Estimate: $200 - $300
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Mezzotint on wove paper, a proof in black. 26 x 17 1/4 in. (sight), 35 x 25 1/2 in. (frame). Note: Golfer Henry Callendar was one of the pioneers of golf in England. He is shown here in the Field Marshall's uniform of the Blackheath Society of Golfers. The original 1812 mezzotint by William Ward was a small edition of approximately 50 impressions. A 1916 version was engraved by William Henderson. Condition: With margins. Not examined out of frame.,