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.
Mary (née Roche), Baroness Nolcken when Mrs Le Maistre
by Valentine Green, published by Josiah Boydell, after Edward Francis Cunningham (Calze)
mezzotint, published 21 January 1771
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Samuel Reddish in the Character of Posthumus in 'Cymbeline'
by Valentine Green, published by John Boydell, after Robert Edge Pine
mezzotint, published 1771
NPG D39672
Samuel Reddish in the Character of Posthumus in 'Cymbeline'
by Valentine Green, published by John Boydell, after Robert Edge Pine
mezzotint, published 1771
NPG D39673
Samuel Reddish in the Character of Posthumus in 'Cymbeline'
by Valentine Green, published by John Boydell, after Robert Edge Pine
mezzotint, published 1771
NPG D39674
'Mr. Powell and Mr. Bensley in the Characters of King John and Hubert'
by Valentine Green, published by William Wynne Ryland, after John Hamilton Mortimer
mezzotint, published 26 March 1771
NPG D40461
by Valentine Green, printed for Robert Sayer, after George Willison
mezzotint, published 1 January 1771
NPG D1182
by Valentine Green, after George Willison
mezzotint, published 1771
NPG D1183
by Valentine Green, after George Willison
mezzotint, published 1771
NPG D1184
Elizabeth Catherine ('Kitty') Clarke (née Hunter)
by Valentine Green, after Edward Francis Cunningham (Calze)
mezzotint, published 1771
NPG D1710
'Mrs Green and Child' (Mary Green; Rupert Green)
by Valentine Green, published by Robert Sayer, after Pierre-Étienne Falconet
mezzotint, published 1 July 1771
NPG D2486
by Valentine Green, after Edward Francis Cunningham (Calze)
mezzotint, published 1771
NPG D3370
by Valentine Green, after Pierre-Étienne Falconet
mezzotint, published 1772
NPG D32368
George Simon Harcourt, 2nd Earl Harcourt
by and published by Valentine Green, after Daniel Gardner
mezzotint, published 25 June 1772
NPG D35318
George Simon Harcourt, 2nd Earl Harcourt
by and published by Valentine Green, after Daniel Gardner
mezzotint, published 25 June 1772
NPG D35319
by and published by Valentine Green, published by John Boydell, or published by Josiah Boydell, published by Henry Parker, published by Robert Sayer, after George Romney
mezzotint, published 18 May 1772 (1772)
NPG D36387
Sir Joseph Sydney Yorke aged three years
by Valentine Green, published by John Boydell, after Katharine Read
mezzotint, published 17 February 1772
NPG D36255
Sir Joseph Sydney Yorke aged three years
by Valentine Green, published by John Boydell, after Katharine Read
mezzotint, published 17 February 1772
NPG D36256
George Simon Harcourt, 2nd Earl Harcourt
by and published by Valentine Green, after Daniel Gardner
mezzotint, published 29 June 1772
NPG D39336
by Valentine Green, after Pierre-Étienne Falconet
mezzotint, published 1772
NPG D3827
by Valentine Green, after George Romney
mezzotint, published 1772
NPG D8819
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