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Isabella, Viscountess Molyneux

Print
01/07/1769 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Portrait, three-quarter-length, facing half left and seated in a landscape. The sitter is wearing pearls round her neck and in her hair. To the right is a tree.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleIsabella, Viscountess Molyneux (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Mezzotint
Brief description
Print, three-quarter-length portrait of Isabella (née Stanhope),Viscountess Molyneux, seated in a landscape. Mezzotint by James Watson after Tilly Kettle, 1769.
Physical description
Portrait, three-quarter-length, facing half left and seated in a landscape. The sitter is wearing pearls round her neck and in her hair. To the right is a tree.
Dimensions
  • Height: 38.7cm
  • Width: 27.6cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959. London: HMSO, 1964.
Style
Copy number
1st state
Marks and inscriptions
'Kettle pint. J: Watson fecit.' (Lettered)
Credit line
Given by Mrs E. B. Westwood
Historical context
This print is entitled 'Lady Molineux' in its third state, but both J. C. Smith and G. Goodwin state that the portrait does not resemble Isabella, Lady Molyneux (see E.653-1959) but does resemble a print by Robert Paul inscribed 'Mrs Barry'; Ann Barry, or Crawford, (1734-1801) was an actress. The sitter might therefore be Mrs Barry or an unidentified Lady Molyneux
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959 . London: HMSO, 1964.
Collection
Accession number
E.651-1959

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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