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Object Type
print
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
British
Production date
1722
Materials
paper
Technique
mezzotint
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
Portrait of:
Mary Davis
Acquisition name
Bequeathed by:
William Meriton Eaton, 2nd Baron Cheylesmore
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Joseph Gulston
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