'Who would not be good to look so lovely'
Illustration
25/03/1790 (published)
25/03/1790 (published)
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Mezzotint on paper depicting a child holding an open book in its left hand (in which it has written the letters A to T), and a quill in its right hand. Image is an oval vignette with text below: 'Who would not be GOOD to look so lovely. / To all sweet tempered industrious & obedient Children, / This Plate is dedicated, by their obedient Servant / Thos. Lovegood'. With rectangular plate mark around the edge of the engraving and deckle edges.
Object details
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| Title | 'Who would not be good to look so lovely' (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | mezzotint on paper |
| Brief description | Mezzotint, 'Who would not be good to look so lovely', published March 25 1790 by B. B. Evans, Poultry, London. |
| Physical description | Mezzotint on paper depicting a child holding an open book in its left hand (in which it has written the letters A to T), and a quill in its right hand. Image is an oval vignette with text below: 'Who would not be GOOD to look so lovely. / To all sweet tempered industrious & obedient Children, / This Plate is dedicated, by their obedient Servant / Thos. Lovegood'. With rectangular plate mark around the edge of the engraving and deckle edges. |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'AR' (Pencil initials of Anne Renier on verso) |
| Credit line | Donated by Anne Renier and F.G. Renier. |
| Object history | Mezzotint engraved by Henry Birche after a painting by Thomas Duchot and published by B. B Evans in London on 25 March 1790. Bequeathed to the V&A in 1970 by Anne and Fernand G. Renier as part of the Renier Collection. |
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| Library number | RENIER.424 |
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| Record created | May 8, 2008 |
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