Mary, Duchess of Ancaster and Kesteven

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Artist/Maker	Robert Sayer (bookseller) Houston, Richard (engraver) Reynolds, Joshua (Sir) (artist)
Place of origin	London (printed)

Portrait, half-length, seated, resting left elbow on a table and hand on face, almost right profile, within a plain circular border.

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Categories	Prints Portraits
Object type	Print
Title	Mary, Duchess of Ancaster and Kesteven (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Mezzotint Mezzotint
Brief description	Print, portrait of Mary, Duchess of Ancaster and Kesteven. Mezzotint by Richard Houston after Sir Joshua Reynolds, ca.1758.
Physical description	Portrait, half-length, seated, resting left elbow on a table and hand on face, almost right profile, within a plain circular border.
Dimensions	Height: 33cm Width: 22.9cm 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	3rd state
Marks and inscriptions	'J. Reynolds pinxt. 1758. Rd. Houston Fecit. Printed for & Sold by Robt. Sayer, opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street.' (Lettered with name of sitter and)
Credit line	Given by Mrs E. B. Westwood
Production	The original portrait by Reynolds was painted in 1758.
Subject depicted	Mary (Duchess of Ancaster)
Associated object	E.406-1959 (Version)
Bibliographic references	Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959 . London: HMSO, 1964. Smith, John Chaloner. British Mezzotinto Portraits. London: Henry Sotheran & Co., 1883.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.407-1959

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O568724/mary-duchess-of-ancaster-and-print-houston-richard/

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