Lot 276: A SET OF EIGHT GEORGE II COLOURED MEZZOTINTS ON GLASS

A SET OF EIGHT GEORGE II COLOURED MEZZOTINTS ON GLASS
BY THOMAS BURFORD (1710-1774), PUBLISHED CIRCA 1745-7
Each depicting a female figure engaged in a various pursuit relating to the month of the year for February, March, April, May, September, October, November and December, six with printed paper label to reverse 'Sold by Tho. Bakewell Map and Printseller against Birchin Lane in Cornhill LONDON, each in original gilt slip and moulded ebonised frame, September with broken section across top, minor variations in size
18½ x 14½ in. (47 x 37 cm.), and similar (8)

D. Berger, The Dining Room, New York, 1993, p. 32
D. Hall, 'Diane the Huntress', The World of Interiors, October 1992, p. 167

The late Mrs M.A.A. Horn, sold Christie's London, 14 November 1991, lot 76.
The Collection of Diane & Thomas Berger, sold Christie's London, 12 February 1998, lot 5.