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Mrs. Brooks

Print
mid 18th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Houston, Richard (engraver)
Worlidge, Thomas (artist)
Okey, Samuel (publisher)
Place of origin
London (made)

Portrait, half-length facing half right, seated, wearing a hat and a mantle, within a plain oval border.


Object details

Categories
Portraits
Prints
Object type
Print
TitleMrs. Brooks (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Mezzotint
Mezzotint
Brief description
Print. Half-length portrait of Mrs. Brooks, wife of John Brooks the engraver, seated and wearing a hat and mantle. Mezzotint by Richard Houston after Thomas Worlidge, mid-18th century.
Physical description
Portrait, half-length facing half right, seated, wearing a hat and a mantle, within a plain oval border.
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 32.4cm
  • Cut to width: 22.5cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1963. London: HMSO, 1964.
Style
British School
Copy number
1st state
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'T. Worlidge pinxt. R. Houston fecit Printed for Saml. Okey at the Corner of St. Dunstan's Church in Fleet Street, London.' (Lettered)
  • (With the mark of the collection of Joseph Gulston, M.P. (1745-1786) (Lugt 2986))
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mrs. M. V. Cunliffe
Subject depicted
Brooks (Mrs)
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1963 . London: HMSO, 1964.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.145-1963

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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