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Object Type
print
Museum number
1902,1011.2296
Title
Object:
Etiennette Felicite Ducrest Comtesse De Genlis
Description
Portrait of the Countess of Genlis, after Mirys; three-quarter length in a mock oval frame, with large, powdered coiffure, wearing a hat, seated at a small table on the right, writing on a sheet inscribed 'Annales de la Vertu'. c. 1781 Mezzotint
Producer name
Print made by:
Valentine Green
After:
Silvestre Mirys
Published by:
Valentine Green
School/style
British
French
Production date
1781
(c.)
Production place
Published in:
London (England)
Materials
paper
Technique
mezzotint
Dimensions
Height:
354 millimetres
(trimmed)
Width:
249 millimetres
(trimmed?)
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Whitman 1902 / British Mezzotinters: Valentine Green
(158a)
Chaloner Smith 1883 / British Mezzotinto portraits from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century
(undescribed)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Portrait of:
Stéphanie Félicité de Genlis
Acquisition name
Bequeathed by:
William Meriton Eaton, 2nd Baron Cheylesmore
Acquisition date
1902
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1902,1011.2296