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print
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book-illustration
Object Type
print
book-illustration
Museum number
1852,0612.289
Title
Object:
Henrietta, Duchess of Orléans
Description
Portrait of Henrietta Anne, Duchess of Orléans, bust directed to left, looking towards the viewer, with hair dressed in ringlets, headgear consisting of a crown, a long veil and a feathered hair-pin, and gown decorated with pearls worn over a white smock; in oval; illustration to Adolphus' "The British Cabinet" (1799) Stipple and etching
Producer name
Print made by:
William Platt
Published by:
Edward Harding
School/style
British
Production date
1799
Production place
Published in:
London (England)
Materials
paper
Technique
stipple
etching
Dimensions
Height:
190 millimetres
(plate-mark)
Width:
140 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
O'Donoghue 1908-25 / Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum
(16)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Portrait of:
Henrietta Anne Stuart, Duchess of Orléans
Illustration to:
John Adolphus
Associated with:
John Poulett, 4th Earl Poulett
(named in inscription)
Associated titles
Associated Title:
The British Cabinet
(1799)
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Lumley
Acquisition date
1852
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1852,0612.289