Penelope Rivers
Print
mid 18th century (printed)
mid 18th century (printed)
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Place of origin |
Portrait, half-length, facing slightly right.
Object details
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Title | Penelope Rivers (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Mezzotint |
Brief description | Print, half-length portrait of Penelope Rivers (née Atkins). Mezzotint by Richard Purcell after Catherine Read, mid-18th century. |
Physical description | Portrait, half-length, facing slightly right. |
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Marks and inscriptions | 'Miss Read Pinxt. C. Corbutt fecit.' (Lettered with name of sitter and) |
Credit line | Given by Mrs E. B. Westwood |
Production | C. Corbutt was an alias of the engraver Richard Purcell (died ca.1766). |
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Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959 . London: HMSO, 1964. |
Collection | |
Accession number | E.500-1959 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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