ALLAN, William and STEWART, James. Circassian Captives, Lond - Lot 98

ALLAN, William and STEWART, James. Circassian Captives, London, 1822. 1 copperplate engraving (plate size: 48 x 63.8 cm; engraving size: 40.7 x 61 cm; framed 50 x 67 cm). Title and dedication to the Earl of Wemyss and Marsh in English: "Circassian Captives. A Circassian Chief selling to a Turkish Pasha Captives of a Neighbouring Tribe Taken in War. Engraved from the Original Picture in the Collection of the Right Hon[ora]ble the Earl of Wemyss & March, to whom this plate is most respectfully Dedicated by his Obliged Servts Willm Allan & Jas Stewart. W. Allan pinxit 1815, Published Feb 1st 1822 by W. Allan, 19 Parliament Square, and J. Stewart, Hermitage Place, Edinburg, and for them by W. Cribb, 34 King St, Covt Gardn, London. Proof." Bottom margin cut, plate remounted on antique(?) paper with dedication text completed by hand. The National Gallery of Scotland copy has a similar mounting. Provenance: The Earl of Wemyss & March, Scotland; Max Rambert Rat Collection (1923-1996), Versailles; Public auction, Maître Claude Boisgirard, Arts d'Orient. La Collection Rambert-Rat, Hôtel Drouot, room 15, Paris, February 5, 1998, lot 681