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- Museum number
- 1902,1011.5780
- Title
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Object: Henrietta Dutchess of Orleans
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Series: Portraits of characters illustrious in British History from the beginning of the reign of Henry the Eighth to the end of the reign of James the Second
- Description
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Pl. 53; portrait of Henrietta Maria, daughter of Charles I and Duchess of Orléans, after Mignard; half-length, seated directed to left, with head slightly turned to look towards front; hair dressed in ringlets, wearing pearl earrings and necklace, low-necked gown decorated with pearls, a bracelet on her left arm, partly covered with a cloak with fleur-de-lis pattern; holding a floral wreath with both hands. 1812
Mezzotint and etching
- Production date
- 1812
- Dimensions
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Height: 156 millimetres
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Width: 107 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- The lettering of the artists' names differs from that described by Whitman for state I ("Mignard Pt / Turner, sculp."); he does not mention a change in the lettering for state II.
See comment to 1902,1011.904 for information about the series.
Number of plate taken from the 1815 second edition, as in Whitman.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1902
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1902,1011.5780
