Mr Abington

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Artist/Maker	Watson, James (engraver) Watson, James (publisher) Reynolds, Joshua (Sir) (artist)
Place of origin	London (published)

Whole-length portrait, standing in a woodland, with sprigs of flowers worked upon dress, head tilting to left and looking to front. The sitter is holding a mask in her right hand and is resting her left arm on the pedestal of a statue, the lower half of which can be seen.

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Categories	Portraits Prints
Object type	Print
Title	Mr Abington (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Mezzotint on laid paper Laid Paper Mezzotint
Brief description	Whole-length portrait of Frances Abington in a woodland setting. Mezzotint by James Watson after Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1769.
Physical description	Whole-length portrait, standing in a woodland, with sprigs of flowers worked upon dress, head tilting to left and looking to front. The sitter is holding a mask in her right hand and is resting her left arm on the pedestal of a statue, the lower half of which can be seen.
Dimensions	Cut to height: 62.9cm Cut to width: 39.8cm Measured by SH 27/09/2010
Style	British School
Copy number	3rd state
Marks and inscriptions	'Sr. J. Reynolds pinx. J. Watson fecit. Mrs. Abington. [Published as the Act Directs] Augt 17 1769 by J. Watson in Litchfield Street, Soho.' (Lettered)
Subjects depicted	Actress Mask Woodland Statue Abington, Frances (Mrs)
Bibliographic reference	Smith, John Chaloner. British Mezzotinto Portraits. London: Henry Sotheran & Co., 1883. Vol. 4, p. 1488.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	27149

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O626181/mr-abington-print-watson-james/

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