Miss Fordyce
Print
1762-ca.1766 (published)
1762-ca.1766 (published)
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| Place of origin |
Portrait, half-length, playing a guitar, facing half left and wearing a veil. On the left is a music stand and a music score.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Miss Fordyce (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Mezzotint |
| Brief description | Print, half-length portrait of Miss Fordyce playing a guitar. Mezzotint by Richard Purcell (alias Philip Corbutt) after Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1762-ca.1766. |
| Physical description | Portrait, half-length, playing a guitar, facing half left and wearing a veil. On the left is a music stand and a music score. |
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| Style | |
| Copy number | 2nd state |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'J. Reynolds pinxt. Philip Corbutt fecit. London. Printed for Robt. Sayer, Map & Printseller, at No.53 in Fleet Street.' Note Lettered with name of sitter and |
| Credit line | Given by Mrs E. B. Westwood |
| Production | The original portrait was painted in 1762. Philip Corbutt was an alias of the engraver Richard Purcell (died ca.1766). |
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| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959 . London: HMSO, 1964. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.496-1959 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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