Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - Day One - 05 Jul 2023
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A MEZZOTINT PORTRAIT OF THOMAS CHUBB
A MEZZOTINT PORTRAIT OF THOMAS CHUBB
AFTER GEORGE BEARE (act.1743-1749)
a black and white mezzotint engraving by Gerhard Bockman (1686–1773), 'Mr. Thomas Chubb Aetat: 68, A:D: 1747.', in a glazed ebonised frame
46.8 x 38.8cm
Provenance
The property of a collector, Stirling House, Salisbury.
Catalogue Note
Thomas Chubb (1679-1747) was a Deist writer, native to Salisbury. His key work 'A Collection of Tracts on Various Subjects' (1730) is illustrated in the mezzotint offered here, the spine of the book to right of the sitter bearing the title 'CHUBBS TRACTS'.