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Object Type
print
Museum number
1830,1123.5
Title
Object:
The girl and kitten
Description
Portrait of young girl seated three-quarter length facing front holding small cat in her hands and smiling, wearing broad-brimmed straw hat with ribbon and black shawl over white dress; curtain in the background on left, landscape on right, after Reynolds (Mannings 2087); working proof. 1787 Stipple
Producer name
Print made by:
Francesco Bartolozzi
After:
Sir Joshua Reynolds
School/style
British
Production date
1787
Materials
paper
Technique
stipple
Dimensions
Height:
295 millimetres
Width:
242 millimetres
Curator's comments
Original painting in private collection, USA (see Mannings, cat. 2087, pp. 535-536). Title and production details from later state.
Bibliographic references
Hamilton 1884 / A Catalogue Raisonné of the Engraved Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds
(p.148)
(undescribed state before I)
Calabi & De Vesme 1928 / Francesco Bartolozzi. Catalogue des estampes et notice biographique d'après les manuscrits de A. De Vesme entièrement réformés et complétés d'une étude critique par A. Calabi
(1239)
(undescribed state)
Location
Not on display
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Samuel Agar
Acquisition date
1830
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1830,1123.5