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Lady Stanhope

Print
1765-ca.1766 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Robert Sayer (publisher)
Purcell, Richard (engraver)
Reynolds, Joshua (Sir) (artist)
Place of origin
London (printed)

Portrait, three-quarter-length, standing, facing slightly left.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Portraits
Object type
Print
TitleLady Stanhope (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Mezzotint
Mezzotint
Brief description
Print, three-quarter-length portrait of Lady Stanhope. Mezzotint by Richard Purcell after Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1765-ca.1766.
Physical description
Portrait, three-quarter-length, standing, facing slightly left.
Dimensions
  • Height: 35.9cm
  • Width: 25.4cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959. London: HMSO, 1964.
Style
British School
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Lady Stanhope. J. Reynolds pinxt Corbutt fecit London, Printed for Robt. Sayer Map & Printseller No.53 Fleet Street.' (Lettered)
  • '64' (Numbered)
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 1765.
Subject depicted
Stanhope, Anne Hussey (Lady)
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.502-1959

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O568630/lady-stanhope-print-purcell-richard/
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