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print
Object Type
print
Museum number
1919,1216.175
Title
Object:
Elizabeth Brownrigg,
Series:
Fifty Wonderful Portraits
Description
Portrait of Elizabeth Brownrigg, three-quarter length, standing in a prison cell, directed and looking to left, holding a small open book in her left hand, touching her cloak with the right, also wearing hat and bodice; plate to the series 'Fifty Wonderful Portraits'. 1822 Stipple, crayon-manner and etching, printed on pink paper
Producer name
Print made by:
Robert Cooper
Published by:
James Robins
School/style
British
Production date
1822
Production place
Published in:
London (England)
Materials
paper
Technique
stipple
crayon-manner
etching
Dimensions
Height:
208 millimetres
Width:
135 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
O'Donoghue 1908-25 / Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum
(1)
(Supplement)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
prisoner
prison
Associated names
Portrait of:
Elizabeth Brownrigg
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
William Nottage
Acquisition date
1919
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1919,1216.175