Her Most Excellent Majesty Queen Caroline
Print
1739 (printed)
1739 (printed)
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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
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Title | Her 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. |
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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) |
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Bibliographic reference | Smith, John Chaloner. British Mezzotinto Portraits. London: Henry Sotheran & Co., 1883. Vol. 1, p. 323.
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Accession number | 26675 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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