Lot 38: * Singleton (Henry, 1766-1839). An album of

* Singleton (Henry, 1766-1839). An album of drawings of Shakespearean characters, six sheets of pen & ink and pencil sketches, with several figure studies to each sheet, stain to lower left corner, each approx. 17 x 10.5cm (6.75 x 4.25ins), mounted in a later album, boards soiled, 4to. A typed note indicates that the volume was purchased in 1947 at Sotheby's. London-born artist Henry Singleton was brought up by his uncle, the miniature painter William Singleton. Henry attended the Royal Academy Schools from 1783 and started working as a professional portraitist at the age of sixteen. He exhibited some 285 works at the Royal Academy from 1784 until his death. During his early career Singleton painted a number of remarkable history and genre paintings, many of which were widely distributed as engravings in mezzotint. (1)
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