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- Museum number
- 1853,0112.2040
- Title
- Object: The Representation of the Trial of the Duchess of Kingston at Westminster Hall
- Description
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Portrait and Elizabeth, Countess of Birstol (also known as the Duchess of Kingston) and interior of Westminster Hall, as it appeared during the trial of Elizabeth Chudleigh, Duchess of Kingston, in 1776; portrait bust length, looking to right, in oval frame; below, the trial, where the Duchess stands in foreground with her back to the viewer, facing the Lord High Steward, the clerks, the royal box at far end, and the many people seated around edge of hall.
Etching and engraving
- Production date
- 1776-1800
- Dimensions
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Height: 169 millimetres (trimmed)
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Width: 97 millimetres (trimmed)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Cataloguing supported by the Pilgrim Trust
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Associated Event: Trial of the Duchess of Kingston 1766
- Acquisition date
- 1853
- Acquisition notes
- 1853,0112.1338 to 2335 is a collection of engraved portraits of persons connected with Suffolk formed by David Elisha Davy, as part of his collections on the history of Suffolk which were purchased by the Department of Manuscripts in 1852. The portraits were transferred to the Department of Prints and Drawings in 1853.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1853,0112.2040