Lady sitting in a chair
Print
1788 (published), 01/12/1778 (dated)
1788 (published), 01/12/1778 (dated)
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Print showing a middle-aged woman sitting in a chair and wearing a ruff and a cap. The sitter is shown three-quarter-length, facing slightly to the left but looking to front. At the bottom of the sheet is a coat of arms.
Object details
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Materials and techniques | Mezzotint |
Brief description | Print, three-quarter-length portrait of a middle-aged woman sitting in a chair and wearing a ruff. Mezzotint by James Watson after Peter Paul Rubens, 1788. |
Physical description | Print showing a middle-aged woman sitting in a chair and wearing a ruff and a cap. The sitter is shown three-quarter-length, facing slightly to the left but looking to front. At the bottom of the sheet is a coat of arms. |
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Copy number | 2nd state |
Marks and inscriptions | 'In the Gallery at Houghton. Rubens Pinxit. G. Farington delint. James Watson sculpsit. Published Decr. 1st. 1778 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.' (Lettered with title, size of picture and) |
Credit line | Given by Mrs E. B. Westwood |
Object history | This print is a plate from Houghton Gallery, published by John and Josiah Boydell, London, 1788. |
Production | The accession entry states that this print was published as a plate in Houghton Gallery in 1788, but is originally dated on the print December 1st 1778. George Farington was the intermediary draughtsman. |
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Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959 . London: HMSO, 1964. |
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Accession number | E.657-1959 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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