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Object Type
Museum number: 1902,1011.1345
Title: Object: Mrs Mary Davis
Description: Portrait of Mary Davis, half-length in an oval, in profile to left, her right hand at her breast, wearing a dark cloak with a plain white napkin over her shoulders, tied under her chin, and a horn-like excrescence growing on the side of her head; proof before letters. 1722 Mezzotint
Producer name: Print made by: John Faber the Younger; Published by: Thomas Bowles II; Published by: John Bowles
School/style
Production date: 1722
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 336 millimetres; Width: 250 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: See original painting Painting.10
Bibliographic references: Chaloner Smith 1883 / British Mezzotinto portraits from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century (110); Russell 1926 / English Mezzotint Portraits and their states: Catalogue of Corrections of and Additions to Chaloner Smith's "British Mezzotinto Portraits" (110.I)
Location: Not on display
Associated names
Acquisition name
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1902
Acquisition notes: Verso inscribed in pen and ink 'N 92011', inventory number from Joseph Gulston's collection.
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1902,1011.1345

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