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Object Type
print
Museum number
1902,1011.1206
Title
Object:
Her Grace the Duchess of Marlborough
Series:
Beauties at Hampton Court
Description
Portrait sitting whole-length on a dias, with an ermine-lined cloak draped over the left arm as she points to the right, trailing to the ground on the left, right hand at her bosom, head tilted to left, looking out of the corner of her eye towards the viewer; one of thirteen plates after Kneller; state published by Overton and King. Mezzotint
Producer name
Print made by:
John Faber the Younger
After:
Sir Godfrey Kneller
Published by:
Philip Overton
Published by:
John King
School/style
British
Production date
1723
(circa)
Production place
Published in:
London (England)
Materials
paper
Technique
mezzotint
Dimensions
Height:
462 millimetres
Width:
317 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
See 1887,0406.140. For the dating see 1902,1011.1212/ PPA86403.
Bibliographic references
Chaloner Smith 1883 / British Mezzotinto portraits from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century
(28)
(undescribed state)
Russell 1926 / English Mezzotint Portraits and their states: Catalogue of Corrections of and Additions to Chaloner Smith's "British Mezzotinto Portraits"
(28.II)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Portrait of:
Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough
Acquisition name
Bequeathed by:
William Meriton Eaton, 2nd Baron Cheylesmore
Acquisition date
1902
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1902,1011.1206