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Miss Cunliffe

Print
late 18th century (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Portrait of the sitter when a child; three-quarter-length, facing slightly right, wearing flowers in her hair and standing with a dog at her left side..

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleMiss Cunliffe (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Mezzotint
Brief description
Print, three-quarter-length portrait of Mary Cunliffe, when a child. Mezzotint by James Watson after Francis Cotes, late-18th century.
Physical description
Portrait of the sitter when a child; three-quarter-length, facing slightly right, wearing flowers in her hair and standing with a dog at her left side..
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 33.3cm
  • Cut to height: 25.4cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959. London: HMSO, 1964.
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
'Miss Cunliffe. F.Cotes pinxt. Watson fecit.' (Lettered)
Credit line
Given by Mrs E. B. Westwood
Historical context
Mary Cunliffe was later the wife of Sir Drummond Smith, Bart.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959 . London: HMSO, 1964.
Collection
Accession number
E.643-1959

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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