Lydia

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Artist/Maker	Dickinson, William (maker) Matthew William Peters (artist)
Place of origin	London (published)

Half-length view of a woman wearing a cap and lying in bed with her top half exposed.

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Categories	Prints Hats & Headwear
Object type	Print
Title	Lydia (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Mezzotint Mezzotint
Brief description	Mezzotint, Lydia, 1st state, by William Dickinson after Rev. Matthew William Peters R.A.
Physical description	Half-length view of a woman wearing a cap and lying in bed with her top half exposed.
Dimensions	Sheet height: 36.2cm Sheet width: 40.2cm Platemark height: 30.4cm Platemark width: 33.2cm
Marks and inscriptions	[Title and three lines from Dryden] (Lettered) Painted by W. Peters R.A. / Engraved by W. Dickinson / London, Published December the 1st. 1776 by W. Dickinson No 20. Henrietta Street Covent garden / From an Original Picture in the Colelction of the Right Honble Lord Grosvenor. (Lettered)
Object history	RP No. 92/986
Subjects depicted	Female Nude Bed Bed-Hangings Head-Dress
Bibliographic reference	Smith, J. Chaloner. British Mezzotint Portraits. London, 1878-83, 95.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.2167-1992

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Record created	March 18, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O202140/lydia-print-dickinson-william/

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