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Elizabeth, Duchess of Northumberland

Print
1763 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Robert Sayer (publisher)
Houston, Richard (engraver)
Reynolds, Joshua (Sir) (artist)
Place of origin
London (printed)

Portrait of Elizabeth, Duchess of Northumberland, almost full-length, standing and facing half-right.in peeress's robes and holding a coronet. In the background to the left is a column and drape.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Portraits
Object type
Print
TitleElizabeth, Duchess of Northumberland (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Mezzotint
Mezzotint
Brief description
Print, portrait of Elizabeth, Duchess of Northumberland dressed in peeress's robes. Mezzotint by Richard Houston after Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1763.
Physical description
Portrait of Elizabeth, Duchess of Northumberland, almost full-length, standing and facing half-right.in peeress's robes and holding a coronet. In the background to the left is a column and drape.
Dimensions
  • Height: 35.2cm
  • 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
Marks and inscriptions
'Elizabeth Dutchess of Northumberland, Baroness Percy, Lucy, Poynings, Fitzpain, Bryan and Latimer, 1763. J. Reynolds pinx. Richd Houston Fecit London Printed for Robt. Sayer at the Golden Buck in Fleet Street Price 2s.' (Lettered)
Credit line
Given by Mrs E. B. Westwood
Production
The original portrait by Reynolds was painted in 1759.

Undescribed state: later than 3rd.
Subjects depicted
Peers
Robes
Ermine
Coronet
Column
Drapery
Duchess
Northumberland, Hugh and Elizabeth Percy (1st Duke and Duchess Of)
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959 . London: HMSO, 1964.
  • Smith, John Chaloner. British Mezzotinto Portraits. London: Henry Sotheran & Co., 1883.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.414-1959

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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