"Francis Kyte (active 1710 - 1744) was an English engraver and portrait painter.
Having worked for two decades as a mezzotint engraver, engraving portraits of famous or ...
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fashionable people for the publishing trade in London, in particular for printsellers Edward Cooper and later also for John Bowles, for whom he made 32 mezzotint portraits for Bowles´ "Worthies of Britain" series, during the 1740s Kyte commenced painting portraits himself. Kyte´s portrait of George Frederick Handel is on view at the Handel House Museum, London." - (en.wikipedia.org 21.12.2019)
