Maria Countess of Waldegrave

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Artist/Maker	Robert Sayer (publisher) Purcell, Richard (engraver) Reynolds, Joshua (Sir) (artist)
Place of origin	London (published)

Portrait, head and shoulders, nearly right profile and wearing a turban.

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Categories	Royalty Prints Portraits
Object type	Print
Title	Maria Countess of Waldegrave (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Mezzotint Mezzotint
Brief description	Print. Head and shoulders portrait of Maria, Countess Walpole, wearing a turban. Mezzotint by Richard Purcell after Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1759-ca.1766.
Physical description	Portrait, head and shoulders, nearly right profile and wearing a turban.
Dimensions	Height: 35.6cm Width: 25.1cm 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	'J. Reynolds pinxt. Young Corbut fecit. London, Printed for Robt. Sayer, Map & Printseller at ye Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn Fleet Street.' (Lettered with name of sitter and) 'B.17' (Numbered in pencil on the back)
Credit line	Given by Mrs E. B. Westwood
Production	Corbutt was an alias of the engraver Richard Purcell (died ca.1766). The original portrait was painted in 1759.
Subjects depicted	Turban Duchess Maria (Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh)
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.503-1959

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O568629/maria-countess-of-waldegrave-print-purcell-richard/

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