Her Grace the Duchess of Devonshire and the Rt. Honble. Lady Georgiana Cavendish

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Artist/Maker	Keating, George (engraver) Keating, George (publisher) Austin, William (publisher) Reynolds, Joshua (Sir) (artist)
Place of origin	London (published)

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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Categories	Portraits Prints Children & Childhood
Object type	Print
Title	Her Grace the Duchess of Devonshire and the Rt. Honble. Lady Georgiana Cavendish (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Mezzotint on paper Paper Mezzotint
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.
Dimensions	Mount height: 74.6cm Mount width: 54.5cm Measured by SH 28/04/2011.
Styles	British School Georgian
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)
Subjects depicted	Infant Mother Landscape Couch Cavendish, Georgiana (Duchess of Devonshire) Cavendish, Georgiana (Lady)
Bibliographic reference	Smith, John Chaloner. British Mezzotinto Portraits. London: Henry Sotheran & Co., 1883. Vol. 2, p.779.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.272-1905

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O860107/her-grace-the-duchess-of-print-keating-george/

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