Mr Woollett. SHERWIN (John Keyse) - engraver

Etching and engraving. [290 x 232 mm]. A portrait of William Woollett, looking towards the viewer, seated with a burin in his right hand which is resting on a plate propped at an angle under his forearm. (Cut to plate margins but still includes description, good clean copy). [ebc8165].

London: published by J.K. Sherwin, no.28 St James's Street and by W. Hinton, Sweetings Alley Royal Exchange, 12th August 1784.

William Woollett (1735-1785) was one of the most famous British engravers of his day. He was an apprentice of John Tinney of Fleet Street, between 1766-1773 he was secretary of the Incorporated Society of Artists and in 1775 he was appointed engraver-in-ordinary to King George III.

An impression is located in the British Museum (museum number: Q,3.141).