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Mrs. Chelsum

Print
1789 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Pether, William (engraver)
Elmer, Stephen (artist)
Place of origin
Britain (printed)

Portrait of an elderly woman, half-length, seated, facing slightly left and wearing a black bonnet and shawl.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Portraits
Object type
Print
TitleMrs. Chelsum (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Mezzotint
Mezzotint
Brief description
Print, half-length portrait of Mrs. Chelsum. Mezzotint by William Pether after Stephen Elmer, 1789.
Physical description
Portrait of an elderly woman, half-length, seated, facing slightly left and wearing a black bonnet and shawl.
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 34.9cm
  • Cut to width: 25.4cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959. London: HMSO, 1964.
Style
British School
Copy number
2nd state
Marks and inscriptions
  • ' S. Elmer pinxit Wm. Pether sculpsit Aet: 87 Ao. 1789 Inscribed to the best of Parents by here affectionate Son, J. C. D.D.' (Lettered with 6 lines of English verse and)
  • (Inscribed in pencil with name of sitter and notes)
  • (Stamped with the mark of an unidentified collector (Lugt 2891))
Credit line
Given by Mrs E. B. Westwood
Historical context
Mrs. Chelsum (b.1702) was the mother of the Rev. James Chelsum, D.D., Rector of Droxfrod, Hampshire.
Subjects depicted
Woman
Bonnet
Mrs. Chelsum
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959 . London: HMSO, 1964.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.486-1959

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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