Joseph Marchi after Sir Joshua Reynolds. Dr. Goldsmith. 12.75 x 17.75 inches A half-length mezzotint portrait by Joseph Marchi (1735-1808) after the portrait by Joshua Reynolds, published in London in 1770. Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774) was not blessed with good looks but Reynolds has done his best to bring some dignity and intellectual gravitas to this portrait, completed when the poet and playwright was at the height of his career. In 1770s London if you weren't off to the Covent Garden Theatre to see his most accomplished play, 'She Stoops to Conquer' you would probably be found in the corner of a coffee shop absorbed in his phenomenally popular novel, 'The Vicar of Wakefield'. £650 |