"A Flat Between Two Sharps" And "A Sharp Between Two Flats" Rare Pair Of 18th.Century Mezzotint Engravings Depicting Lawyers And Their Clients Circa.1790 Lion Thomas Hudson 1701-1779 (Lugt 2432)

Thomas Hudson 1701-1779 (Lugt 2432)

Mortimer studied under Hudson and was a lifelong friend of his fellow pupil Joseph Wright

Signed and dated 1861

The former is housed in the Norfolk Virginia Hermitage Museum and the latter is in a UK private collection

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"A Flat Between Two Sharps" And "A Sharp Between Two Flats" Rare Pair Of 18th.Century Mezzotint Engravings Depicting Lawyers And Their Clients Circa.1790 Lion Thomas Hudson 1701-1779 (Lugt 2432)"A Flat Between Two Sharps" and "A Sharp Between Two Flats" Rare Pair of hand coloured mezzotint engravings after Dighton. Depicting Lawyers and their clients. Printed by Bowles & Carver, Presented in their original frames, 32. 4 x 24. 7cms. Circa. 1790 Satires on the law: In "A Flat Between Two Sharps" a bemused client is shown scratching his head standing between a solicitor and a barrister in front of Westminster Hall; the solicitor, on the left,