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Museum number: 1848,0911.474
Title: Object: Robert & Dorathy Sidney Sonn & Daughter to Phillip Earle of Leicester.
Description: Portraits of Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester, at right, and his sister Dorothy, as children, both whole-length; on the left, a girl sitting on the bank of a stream; on the right, a boy, nearly naked, holding the head of a dog; in the background to the left, a lake and a castle; after Lely. Mezzotint
Producer name: After: Sir Peter Lely; Published by: Alexander Browne
School/style: British; German
Production date: 1680-1690
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 275 millimetres; Width: 365 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: See 1902,1011.424 for counterproof.
Bibliographic references: Chaloner Smith 1883 / British Mezzotinto portraits from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century (36) (under Browne); Blackett-Ord & Turner 2008 / Early Mezzotints: Prints Published by Richard Tompson and Alexander Browne (B.24); O'Donoghue 1908-25 / Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum (undescribed)
Location: Not on display
Associated names: Portrait of: Robert Sidney, 4th Earl of Leicester; Portrait of: Lady Dorothy Sidney, Countess of Sunderland
Acquisition name
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1848
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1848,0911.474

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