“The Society of Goffers At Blackheath” Antique Golf Print

"The Society of Goffers At Blackheath" (Antique Golf Image)
Photogravure Printed in Colours
After the 1790 engraving by Valentine Green, A.R.A (1739-1813)
From the painting by  Lemuel Francis Abbott (1760-1803)
English, Late 19th/Early 20th Century

Measures:-
32.8 cm x 22.5 cm (Image)
58.0 cm x 47.4 cm (Framed)

Provenace:-
Label verso for the framer G.W. Callen of 39 Camden Passage.

A very attractive late Victorian print of the rare and sought after mezzotint by Valentine Green, A.R.A (1739-1813) after by  Lemuel Francis Abbott (1760-1803).

Abbott's celebrated picture represents William Innes (1719-1795) dressed in his uniform of Captain of the Blackheath Society of Golfers and his caddie  who wears the uniform of a Greenwich Hospital Pensioner. 

Presented in an beautifully mellowed fashion and in a very superior black lacquered frame.