Lot # 423: Henry Callender Esq. Lemuel Francis Abbott Engraving

Category: Golf Art

Starting Bid: $500.00

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Item was in Auction "2014 Winter Holiday Auction",
which ran from 11/25/2014 6:00 PM to
12/14/2014 3:35 AM



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Henry Callender Esq.

Lemuel Francis Abbott Engraving

      Originally done in 1812 as a mezzotint. Although Abbott (1760-1803) was better known for his 1790 print "The Blackheath Golfer" known as the first golf print to be published, this is the other mezzotint he published in 1812, as he only published two. The subject of the portrait, Henry Callender, was a captain of the Society of Golfers At Blackheath, to which this plate was originally dedicated by William Ward.

      Print has been mounted to board and overall is 22 1/2" x 31". Plate size 23 3/4" x 16". Date unknown.