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Her Most Excellent Majesty Queen Caroline

Print
1739 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Whole-length portrait, to front, standing, wearing coronation robes and holding a sceptre. On the table to the right is a crown. In an architectural setting.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleHer Most Excellent Majesty Queen Caroline (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Mezzotint on paper
Brief description
Portrait, whole-length, of Queen Caroline standing in coronation robes. Mezzotint by John Faber after John Vanderbank, 1739.
Physical description
Whole-length portrait, to front, standing, wearing coronation robes and holding a sceptre. On the table to the right is a crown. In an architectural setting.
Dimensions
  • Cut height: 52.9cm
  • Cut width: 37.2cm
Measured by SH 15/03/2011.
Style
Copy number
1st state
Marks and inscriptions
'J. Vanderbank Pinxit 1736. J. Faber Fecit 1739. Her Most Excellent Majesty Queen Caroline. From the Original, Painted for His Grace the Duke of Richmond &c To whom this Plate is humbly Dedicated by His Grace's / Most Devoted Servt. / John Faber.' (Lettered)
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Smith, John Chaloner. British Mezzotinto Portraits. London: Henry Sotheran & Co., 1883. Vol. 1, p. 323.
Collection
Accession number
26675

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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