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Object Type
Museum number: P,2.81
Title: Object: Henrietta Stuard Duchesse d'Orléans
Description: Portrait of Henrietta Anne, Duchess of Orléans, after Mignard (?), half-length, directed to left and glancing towards the viewer, holding a floral wreath, her hair dressed in ringlets, and wearing low-necked gown decorated with pearls, and cloak scattered with fleur-de-lys over her left arm; in an oval frame on a plinth decorated with her coat of arms, within rectangular border. 1661/70 Engraving
Producer name: Print made by: Nicolas de Larmessin I; After: Pierre Mignard (?)
School/style
Production date: 1661-1670
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 417 millimetres (trimmed within plate-mark); Width: 338 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: The designer is unnamed, however a plate engraved by Charles Turner after the same portrait identifies him as Pierre Mignard (see 1879,0510.461).
Bibliographic references: IFF / Inventaire du Fonds Français: Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes (56); O'Donoghue 1908-25 / Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum (12)
Location: Not on display
Associated names: Portrait of: Henrietta Anne Stuart, Duchess of Orléans; Associated with: Henrietta Anne Stuart, Duchess of Orléans
Acquisition date: 1753-1836
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: P,2.81

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