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The Countess of Litchfield

Print
late 17th century (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Print, portrait of a woman, half-length, facing slightly right, within an oval.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleThe Countess of Litchfield (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Mezzotint
Brief description
Print, portrait of Charlotte Lee, Countess of Litchfield, mezzotint by Isaac Beckett after Godfrey Kneller, late 17th century.
Physical description
Print, portrait of a woman, half-length, facing slightly right, within an oval.
Dimensions
  • Height: 19.1cm (cut)
  • Width: 14cm (cut)
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1960: Volume 2, Edgar Seligman Gift. London: HMSO, 1966.
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
'The Countess of Litchfield. [G] Kneller pinx: I Beckett fe: et ex.' (Lettered)
Credit line
Given by Edgar Seligman
Subject depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1960: Volume 2, Edgar Seligman Gift. London: HMSO, 1966.
  • Smith, John Chaloner. British Mezzotinto Portraits. London: Henry Sotheran & Co., 1883.
Collection
Accession number
E.4914-1960

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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