Hope nursing Love

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Artist/Maker	Fisher, Edward (engraver) Reynolds, Joshua (Sir) (artist)
Place of origin	London (published)

Full-length portrait of Miss Morris in the character of Hope, seated in a landscape and nursing the infant Cupid. On the ground to the right lies Cupid's quiver and bow.

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Categories	Prints Portraits
Object type	Print
Title	Hope nursing Love (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Mezzotint Mezzotint
Brief description	Hope Nursing Love', portrait of Miss Morris (d.1769) in the character of Hope nursing the infant Cupid. Mezzotint by Edward Fisher after Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1771.
Physical description	Full-length portrait of Miss Morris in the character of Hope, seated in a landscape and nursing the infant Cupid. On the ground to the right lies Cupid's quiver and bow.
Dimensions	Height: 50.8cm Width: 35.6cm 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	'Sir Joshua Reynolds pinxt. E. Fisher sculpt. Publish'd according to Act of Parliament 25 July 1771, and sold by E. Fisher, at the Golden Head in Leicester Square.' (Lettered with title and)
Credit line	Given by Mrs E. B. Westwood
Subjects depicted	Bow Arrows Quiver Landscape Cupid
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.372-1959

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O568759/hope-nursing-love-print-fisher-edward/

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