Valentine Green
(1739-1813), Mezzotint engraverSitter in 3 portraits
Artist associated with 150 portraits
Green trained under Robert Hancock, a Worcester engraver, after which he moved to London and began working as a mezzotint engraver. He began to exhibit with the Incorporated Society of Artists from 1766, became a fellow a year later and a director in 1771. He was appointed mezzotint engraver to the king in 1773, and the following year was elected an associate engraver with the Royal Academy. Throughout the 1770s and 1780s, Green's engraving practice flourished. In the 1790s, however, several of his international speculations failed and in 1798 he was declared bankrupt. In 1805 he accepted the role of keeper of the British Institution, a post he held until his death.
Charles Marsham, 1st Earl Romney
by Valentine Green, after Sir William Beechey
mezzotint, published 1803
NPG D39863
Charles Marsham, 1st Earl Romney
by and published by Valentine Green, after Sir William Beechey
mezzotint, published 15 October 1803
NPG D39864
by William Ridley, published by Joyce Gold, after Valentine Green
stipple engraving, published 29 September 1804
NPG D5465
by Valentine Green, after T. Walker
mezzotint, published 1804
NPG D7176
by Valentine Green, after Lemuel Francis Abbott
mezzotint, published 1805
NPG D5602
by Valentine Green, possibly published by John Harris, after Lemuel Francis Abbott
mezzotint, published 14 November 1805
NPG D18924
by Valentine Green, after Richard Crosse
mezzotint, published 1770
NPG D4192
by Valentine Green, after Pierre-Étienne Falconet
mezzotint, published 1772
NPG D3828
by Valentine Green, published by and after Josiah Boydell
mezzotint, published July 1772
NPG D19517
Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood
by Valentine Green, after and published by Lemuel Francis Abbott
mezzotint, published 1 December 1795
NPG D49833
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