Her Grace the Duchess of Devonshire and the Rt. Honble. Lady Georgiana Cavendish
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19/05/1787 (published)
19/05/1787 (published)
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Three-quarter length portraits. The Duchess is seated on a couch, her right hand raised in play, with her infant daughter on her lap. The infant Lady Georgiana is looking at her mother with both hands raised. In the right background is a landscape.
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Title | Her Grace the Duchess of Devonshire and the Rt. Honble. Lady Georgiana Cavendish (assigned by artist) |
Materials and techniques | Mezzotint on paper |
Brief description | Portrait of Georgiana Duchess of Devonshire and her infant daughter Lady Georgiana Cavendish. Mezzotint by George Keating after Joshua Reynolds, 1787. |
Physical description | Three-quarter length portraits. The Duchess is seated on a couch, her right hand raised in play, with her infant daughter on her lap. The infant Lady Georgiana is looking at her mother with both hands raised. In the right background is a landscape. |
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Copy number | 2nd state |
Marks and inscriptions | 'Painted by Sir Jos. Reynolds G. Keating excudit Engraved by Geo: Keating Her Grace the Duchess of Devonshire and the Rt. Honble. Lady Georgiana Cavendish London, Published May 19 1787, by G. Keating No.4 Air Street, Piccadilly; and also may be had of Mr. Austin Drawing Master No.197 Piccadilly.' (Lettered) |
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Bibliographic reference | Smith, John Chaloner. British Mezzotinto Portraits. London: Henry Sotheran & Co., 1883. Vol. 2, p.779.
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Accession number | E.272-1905 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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