GEORGES-FRANÇOIS BLONDEL

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• A View of the Inside of the New Prison at Rome 1766
  
  mezzotint printed in sepia; 563 x 405 mm (22 3/16 x 15 15/16 inches) sheet: 636 x 527 mm

  WATERMARKS
  Grand-Jésus stock of T. Dupuy, watermark Name of Jesus (IHS), countermark T Dupuy Fin Auvergne 1742

  PROVENANCE
  Thomas Pitt, first Baron Camelford (1737–1793), of Boconnoc, Cornwall, the dedicatee of plate 8. His violent heir, the second and last Baron (1775–1804) died after a duel; his daughter Anne (1772–1864) married their close kinsman William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville (1759–1834), and inherited all the family properties. They were childless and their heir was Grenville’s sister Hester who married the first Earl Fortescue, of Castle Hill, Devon.

• A View of the Vestibule of St. Mary at Rome 1766
  
  mezzotint printed in sepia; 561 x 405 mm (22 x 15 15/16 inches) sheet 642 x 527 mm (deckle on the left and right)
  
  Dodgson 4, second (final) state; Stogdon 4 third (final) state
  
  The first state is before some adjustments in the sky and elsewhere and before the engraved inscription (two impressions); second state with the dedicatee's first and surnames spelled incorrectly (one impressions); in the third the dedicatee's first and surnames spelled correctly (eleven impressions).

• A View of the Vestibule of St. Peter at Rome 1766
  
  mezzotint printed in sepia; 565 x 407 mm (22 3/16 x 16 inches) sheet 648 x 507 mm (deckle on the left)
  
  Dodgson 3 only state; Stogdon 3 second (final) state

• A View of the Vestibule of St. Peter at Rome 1766
  
  mezzotint printed in black; 564 x 407 mm (22 3/16 x 16 inches) sheet 649 x 520 mm. (deckle on the left and right)
  
  Dodgson 3 only state; Stogdon 3 second (final) state
  
  The first state is before some burnishing work, and before the engraved inscription (one impression); second state with the engraved inscription including the plate number (eleven impressions).

• A View of the Inside of a Church 1766
  
  mezzotint printed in black; 549 x 403 mm (21 5/8 x 15 7/8 inches) sheet 648 x 472 mm.
  
  Dodgson 8 only state; Stogdon 8 only state
  
  Only state (eleven known).

• A View of the Stairs of the Vatican 1766
  
  mezzotint printed in black; 549 x 413 mm (21 5/8 x 16 1/4 inches) sheet 639 x 520 mm (deckle on the left and right)
  
  Dodgson 5 only state; Stogdon 5 only state
  
  Only state (thirteen known).