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Jane Bowles

Print
18 March 1875 (published)
Artist/Maker
Colnaghi (publishers)
Cousins, Samuel (R.A.) (engraver)
Reynolds, Joshua (Sir) (artist)
McLean, Thomas (publisher)
Brooker, T. (printer)
Place of origin
London (published)
Manchester (published)

Portrait, when a child, full-length, full face, seated on the ground, fondling a dog.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Portraits
Children & Childhood
Object type
Print
TitleJane Bowles (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Mezzotint
Mezzotint
Brief description
Print, portrait of Jane Bowles, when a child, mezzotint by Samuel Cousins after Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1875.
Physical description
Portrait, when a child, full-length, full face, seated on the ground, fondling a dog.
Dimensions
  • Height: 51.8cm
  • Width: 39.4cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959. London: HMSO, 1964.
Style
British School
Marks and inscriptions
' Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A. Samuel Cousins, R.A. London, Published by P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. 14, Pall Mall East, T. McLean, 7, Haymarket, and Grundy & Smith, Exchange Street, Manchester 18th March 1875. Printed by T. Brooker.' (Lettered with name of sitter, dedication to Sir Richard Wallace and)
Credit line
Given by Mrs E. B. Westwood
Object history
This subject is commonly know as 'Juvenile Amusement'. The original oil painting is in the Wallace Collection, London.
Production
The original portrait was painted in 1775 or 1776.
Subjects depicted
Girl
Dogs (Animals)
Bowles, Jane
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959 . London: HMSO, 1964.
  • Whitman, Alfred. Samuel Cousins. London: G. Bell & Sons, 1904.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.305-1959

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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