Her Royal Highness Augusta, Hereditary Princess of Brunswick & Lunenburg

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

Head and shoulders portrait, to front, looking to right. The sitter is wearing an ermine-trimmed robe and a coronet.

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Categories	Royalty Prints Portraits
Object type	Print
Title	Her Royal Highness Augusta, Hereditary Princess of Brunswick & Lunenburg (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Mezzotint on laid paper Laid Paper Mezzotint
Brief description	Print, portrait, head and shoulders, of Augusta, Hereditary Princess of Brunswick and Lunenberg, mezzotint by James McArdell after Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1764.
Physical description	Head and shoulders portrait, to front, looking to right. The sitter is wearing an ermine-trimmed robe and a coronet.
Dimensions	Cut to height: 50.9cm Cut to width: 35.8cm Measured by SH 27/09/2010
Style	British School
Marks and inscriptions	'J. Reynolds pinxt. J. Mc Ardell fecit. Her Royal Highness Augusta, Hereditary Princess of Brunswick & Lunenburg. Published by J. Mc Ardell according to Act of Parliament Jany. 20th 1764 and sold at the Corner of Henrietta Street, Covent Garden.' (Lettered)
Subjects depicted	Princess Coronet Ermine Augusta Charlotte (Duchess of Bruswick-Wolfenbüttel)
Bibliographic reference	Smith, John Chaloner. British Mezzotinto Portraits. London: Henry Sotheran & Co., 1883. Vol. 2, p.839.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	13774

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O673905/her-royal-highness-augusta-hereditary-print-mcardell-james/

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