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Mrs Brooks - By Charles Spooner (1720 - 1767) Reverse Painted Mezzotint
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Mrs Brooks - By Charles Spooner (1720 - 1767) Reverse Painted Mezzotint

18th century
Description

Fine Georgian coloured reverse painted glass mezzotint of Mrs Brooks by Charles Spooner (1720-1767).

Mrs Brooks was a celebrated 18th century beauty and also the wife of the engraver John Brooks. This fine work is on elf a number of variants of this sitter in painted and engraved form.

Titled ‘ Mrs Brooks C.Spooner Fecit - Pronter by Jn Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill’

This fine and richly coloured impression c.1750 is housed in its original hand carved and gilded pear wood frame, and is in excellent condition.

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Medium: Reverse glass mezzotint.

Dimensions: 280mm x 210mm

Framed dimensions: 320mm x 260mm

Physical Dimensions
Height
32cm (12.60")
Width
26cm (10.24")
Depth
1cm (0.39")
Declaration

The English Interior has dated this Reverse Painted Glass Mezzotint to the 18th Century.

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SA1232865
Description
Fine Georgian coloured reverse painted glass mezzotint of Mrs Brooks by Charles Spooner (1720-1767).

Mrs Brooks was a celebrated 18th century beauty and also the wife of the engraver John Brooks. This fine work is on elf a number of variants of this sitter in painted and engraved form.

fig 1. An 18th-century reverse-painted glass mezzotint portrait depicting a woman in a velvet bonnet and cloak within an ebonised and gilt frame.
fig 1. Mrs Brooks - By Charles Spooner (1720 - 1767) Reverse Painted Mezzotint

Titled ‘ Mrs Brooks C.Spooner Fecit - Pronter by Jn Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill’

This fine and richly coloured impression c.

“
1750 is housed in its original hand carved and gilded pear wood frame, and is in excellent condition.
The English Interior
fig 2. An 18th-century reverse-painted glass mezzotint portrait depicting a woman in a velvet bonnet and cloak within an ebonised and gilt frame.
fig 2. Mrs Brooks - By Charles Spooner (1720 - 1767) Reverse Painted Mezzotint

Higher resolution images on request.

Worldwide shipping available.

Medium: Reverse glass mezzotint.

Dimensions: 280mm x 210mm

Framed dimensions: 320mm x 260mm

Height
32cm (12.60")
Width
26cm (10.24")
Depth
1cm (0.39")
Date of Manufacture

The English Interior has dated this Reverse Painted Glass Mezzotint to the 18th Century.

Reference Numbers
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SA1232865
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Archive I An 18th-century reverse-painted glass mezzotint portrait depicting a woman in a velvet bonnet and cloak within an ebonised and gilt frame.

Mrs Brooks - By Charles Spooner (1720 - 1767) Reverse Painted Mezzotint

Archive II An 18th-century reverse-painted glass mezzotint portrait depicting a woman in a velvet bonnet and cloak within an ebonised and gilt frame. View II
Archive III An 18th-century reverse-painted glass mezzotint portrait depicting a woman in a velvet bonnet and cloak within an ebonised and gilt frame. View III
Archive IV An 18th-century reverse-painted glass mezzotint portrait depicting a woman in a velvet bonnet and cloak within an ebonised and gilt frame. View IV
Archive V An 18th-century reverse-painted glass mezzotint portrait depicting a woman in a velvet bonnet and cloak within an ebonised and gilt frame. View V
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An 18th-century reverse-painted glass mezzotint portrait depicting a woman in a velvet bonnet and cloak within an ebonised and gilt frame.
MRS BROOKS - BY CHARLES SPOONER (1720 - 1767) REVERSE PAINTED MEZZOTINT
Ref: SA1232865
An 18th-century reverse-painted glass mezzotint portrait depicting a woman in a velvet bonnet and cloak within an ebonised and gilt frame.
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  • ObjectPictures & Prints
  • Period18th century
  • StyleGeorgian
  • MaterialGlass, Wood, Oil Paint, Paper
  • ColourOlive Green
  • MotifsOval portrait surround, Ebonised moulding frame, Gold leaf detail, Mezzotint stippling
  • SizeH 32 cm (13 in) x W 26 cm (10 in) x D 1 cm (0 in)

This Georgian reverse-painted glass mezzotint depicts Mrs Brooks, an eighteenth-century beauty and wife of the engraver John Brooks, attributed to Charles Spooner. The composition presents an oval portrait of a woman wearing a dark red velvet bonnet and matching cloak, complemented by an olive green background with visible stippling. The piece uses glass, wood, oil paint, and paper, set inside an original hand-carved and gilded pear wood frame with ebonised moulding and gold leaf detail. Visible details include a dark patch on the sitter's cheek, gold earrings, a black choker necklace, and ruffled lace cuffs, alongside inscribed lettering along the lower border and age-related surface wear to the frame. The framed work measures 32 cm high, 26 cm wide, and 1 cm deep. It suits placement on a narrow wall space in an English country house interior, bringing period character to a hallway, study, or living room.

FAQs

A reverse-painted glass mezzotint is an 18th-century technique where a mezzotint paper print is fixed face-down onto a glass sheet, soaked, and carefully rubbed away until only the ink line remains, after which oil paints are applied by hand onto the reverse of the glass.

These works were produced using hand-blown period flat glass, paper mezzotint engravings, varnish or turpentine adhesives, and oil pigments, typically housed inside a carved ebonised or gilded wooden frame.

Authentic pieces display signs of period manufacture, including fine air bubbles or slight wave in hand-blown glass, faint craquelure in the oil pigments, and age-related oxidisation on the original wooden moulding.

Displaying historical glass prints alongside contemporary furniture creates compelling visual texture, whether mounted individually on a narrow wall space or integrated into a eclectic gallery wall.

Dust the frame gently using a soft, dry brush and clean the outer glass surface with a microfibre cloth without allowing liquid to seep into the frame edges, keeping the piece away from direct light and damp conditions.
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