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A Sultana

Etching and Stipple
1777 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Etching and stipple, printed in red, depicting a portrait of a Sultana. Lettered with title, lines of verse, and 'P. J. Loutherbourgh pinxit. G.Scorodomoff Sculpsit. London, Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, Map & Printsellers, No53 Fleet Street; as the Act directs, 8t.h Octr. 1777'.

Object details

Category
Object type
TitleA Sultana (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Etching and stipple, printed in red
Brief description
Etching and stipple, printed in red, by Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourgh entitled 'A Sultana'. Printed in London, 1777.
Physical description
Etching and stipple, printed in red, depicting a portrait of a Sultana. Lettered with title, lines of verse, and 'P. J. Loutherbourgh pinxit. G.Scorodomoff Sculpsit. London, Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, Map & Printsellers, No53 Fleet Street; as the Act directs, 8t.h Octr. 1777'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 31.1 cm
  • Width: 34.5cm
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
Object history
Probably a pair to A. Kauffmann's 'A Lady, Contemplating on her Lover's Picture' (SP.338).
This print appears to have been the source for an early 19th century gouache by an unknown Mughal painter, probably from Lucknow (see cat.no.93 in VAM, 'The Indian Heritage: Court Life and Arts under Mughal Rule', 1982, exh.cat. by R. Skelton).
Subjects depicted
Associated object
SP.338 (Pair)
Collection
Accession number
SP.194

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Record createdJuly 1, 2009
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