Isabella, Viscountess Molyneux

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Artist/Maker	Robert Sayer (publisher) Watson, James (engraver) Kettle, Tilly (artist)
Place of origin	London (published)

Portrait, three-quarter-length, facing half left and seated in a landscape. The sitter is wearing pearls round her neck and in her hair. To the right is a tree.

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Categories	Prints Portraits
Object type	Print
Title	Isabella, Viscountess Molyneux (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Mezzotint Mezzotint
Brief description	Print, three-quarter-length portrait of Isabella (née Stanhope),Viscountess Molyneux, seated in a landscape. Mezzotint by James Watson after Tilly Kettle, 1769.
Physical description	Portrait, three-quarter-length, facing half left and seated in a landscape. The sitter is wearing pearls round her neck and in her hair. To the right is a tree.
Dimensions	Height: 38.7cm Width: 27.6cm Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959. London: HMSO, 1964.
Style	British School
Copy number	1st state
Marks and inscriptions	'Kettle pint. J: Watson fecit.' (Lettered)
Credit line	Given by Mrs E. B. Westwood
Historical context	This print is entitled 'Lady Molineux' in its third state, but both J. C. Smith and G. Goodwin state that the portrait does not resemble Isabella, Lady Molyneux (see E.653-1959) but does resemble a print by Robert Paul inscribed 'Mrs Barry'; Ann Barry, or Crawford, (1734-1801) was an actress. The sitter might therefore be Mrs Barry or an unidentified Lady Molyneux
Subjects depicted	Landscape Pearls Molyneux, Isabella (Lady Sefton)
Bibliographic reference	Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959 . London: HMSO, 1964.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.651-1959

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O568482/isabella-viscountess-molyneux-print-watson-james/

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