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Object Type
print
Museum number
Aa,3.48
Title
Object:
Georgiana, Lady Vicountess Spencer
Description
Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 1676); half-length seated to left within rectangular frame, head in three-quarter profile and resting on her left hand, her hair covered by a veil; state before title. 1772 Mezzotint
Producer name
Print made by:
Thomas Watson
After:
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Published by:
Samuel Hooper
Published by:
Walter Shropshire
Published by:
Thomas Watson
School/style
British
Production date
1772
Production place
Published in:
London (England)
Materials
paper
Technique
mezzotint
Dimensions
Height:
378 millimetres
Width:
277 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Hamilton 1884 / A Catalogue Raisonné of the Engraved Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds
(p.133.II)
Chaloner Smith 1883 / British Mezzotinto portraits from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century
(34.I)
Goodwin / British Mezzotinters: Thomas Watson, James Watson, Elizabeth Judkins
(13.II)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Portrait of:
Margaret Georgiana Spencer, Countess Spencer
Acquisition date
1830-1833
(between)
Acquisition notes
See comment on Aa,1.1.
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
Aa,3.48