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Object Type
print
Museum number
1925,0511.142
Title
Object:
Lady St Aubyn
Description
Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 1708); half-length seated to left, head in profile, wearing a flowered dress, tied at the waist; scratched -letter state. 1788 Etching and soft-ground etching, printed in brown ink
Producer name
Print made by:
Catherine St Aubyn
After:
Sir Joshua Reynolds
School/style
British
Production date
1788
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
soft-ground etching
Dimensions
Height:
268 millimetres
(cut)
Width:
218 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
For another impression, see 1831.1212.9.
Bibliographic references
Hamilton 1884 / A Catalogue Raisonné of the Engraved Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds
(p.129)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Portrait of:
Elizabeth, Lady St Aubyn
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
James Rimell & Son
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Edward Rudge
(sale Christie's 16/16.xii.1924/1 20 guineas to Rimell)
Acquisition date
1925
Acquisition notes
1925,0511.27 to 242 all come from a single volume in the Rudge sale that contained etchings by amateurs, mostly British.
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1925,0511.142