Lot 141: Two mezzotints, published by Thomas Hart, 1776, each on laid paper, the first trimmed to the image o...

Two mezzotints, published by Thomas Hart, 1776, each on laid paper, the first trimmed to the image on three sides, with tiny associated nicks at left sheet edge, a few flattened creases, the second trimmed to the plate all around, with a horizontal crease at center, a loss at lower right sheet corner, backed, each with additional minor defects (2 prints) These are two of a series of ten portraits of Officers of the War of Independence in America, executed in London between 1775 and 1778