A Lady Contemplating her Lovers Picture

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Artist/Maker	Scorodomoff (engraver) Kauffmann (artist)
Place of origin	London (printed)

Etching and stipple, printed in red, entitled 'A Lady, Contemplating on her Lovers Picture', depicting a woman reclining, holding a portrait miniature. Lettered with title, two lines of verse, and 'Angelica Kauffman pinxit. G.Scorodomoff Sculpsit. London, Printed for R.Sayer & J.Bennett, Map & Printsellers, No. 53 Fleet Street; as the Act directs, 8 Octr. 1777'.

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Categories	Prints Portraits
Object type	Etching and stipple
Title	A Lady Contemplating her Lovers Picture (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Etching and stipple, printed in red Paper Etching Stipple
Brief description	Etching and stipple, printed in red, entitled 'A Lady Contemplating her Lovers Picture', by Gabriel Scorodomoff, after a drawing by Angelica Kauffmann. Printed in London, 1777.
Physical description	Etching and stipple, printed in red, entitled 'A Lady, Contemplating on her Lovers Picture', depicting a woman reclining, holding a portrait miniature. Lettered with title, two lines of verse, and 'Angelica Kauffman pinxit. G.Scorodomoff Sculpsit. London, Printed for R.Sayer & J.Bennett, Map & Printsellers, No. 53 Fleet Street; as the Act directs, 8 Octr. 1777'.
Dimensions	Height: 30.6cm Width: 34cm Dimensions taken from departmental notes
Credit line	Purchased with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Art Fund, Shell International and the Friends of the V&A
Subjects depicted	Portrait Love Miniatures
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	SP.338

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1068408/a-lady-contemplating-her-lovers-etching-and-stipple-scorodomoff/

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