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Object Type
Museum number: 1873,0809.447
Title: Object: Thais
Description: A young woman, bust in an oval, looking back over bare right shoulder towards the viewer, right arm extended, with a loose white dress, shawl and classical bronze bracelet, holding flaming torch in left hand, with flowers in her hair framing her face, in an oval frame; said to be a portrait of Emma Hart; after Wheatley. 1779 Mezzotint
Producer name: Print made by: Thomas Watson (also publisher); After: Francis Wheatley; Published by: William Dickinson
School/style
Production date: 1779
Production place: Published in: London (England)
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Technique
Dimensions: Height: 262 millimetres; Width: 200 millimetres
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Curator's comments: Though the portrait has been described as Emma Hart, later Hamilton, she did not come to London till the early 1780s.
Bibliographic references: Chaloner Smith 1883 / British Mezzotinto portraits from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century (45); Goodwin / British Mezzotinters: Thomas Watson, James Watson, Elizabeth Judkins (56.II); Russell 1926 / English Mezzotint Portraits and their states: Catalogue of Corrections of and Additions to Chaloner Smith's "British Mezzotinto Portraits" (45.II); Webster 1970 / Francis Wheatley (E9)
Location: Not on display
Associated names: Illustration to: Publius Terentius Afer; Representation of: Thais; Portrait of: Emma, Lady Hamilton ((?))
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Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1873
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1873,0809.447

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