Richard Corbould Pen And Grey Wash Design For A Frontispiece With The Arms Of The Duke Of Grafton Circa.1780 Black History Signed in pencil lower right

Signed in pencil lower right

miniature painter and  founding member of the Royal Academy

Engraved from an Original Painting of Sir Joshua Reynolds in the possession of Mrs Montague to whom this plate is inscribed by her obliged and obedient Humble Servant John Raphael Smith

An unlettered proof impression trimmed outside of platemark & laid to backing sheet

Richard Corbould Pen And Grey Wash Design For A Frontispiece With The Arms Of The Duke Of Grafton Circa.1780 Black History Signed in pencil lower rightRichard Courbould 1757 1831. British School. Original pen ink and grey wash design for a frontispiece or bookplate with the arms of the Duke of Grafton. Executed on wove paper, some slight surface grubbiness and light foxing to no real detriment. 13. 4 by 19. 5 cms. The arms supported by a lion and greyhound, the shield with the motto "Et Decus Et Pretium Recti" (Both the honour and the reward of virtue). The central blank cartouche is surmounted with