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Mary, Duchess of Ancaster and Kesteven

Print
ca. 1758 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Robert Sayer (bookseller)
Houston, Richard (engraver)
Reynolds, Joshua (Sir) (artist)
Place of origin
London (printed)

Portrait, half-length, seated, resting left elbow on a table and hand on face, almost right profile, within a plain circular border.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Portraits
Object type
Print
TitleMary, Duchess of Ancaster and Kesteven (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Mezzotint
Mezzotint
Brief description
Print, portrait of Mary, Duchess of Ancaster and Kesteven. Mezzotint by Richard Houston after Sir Joshua Reynolds, ca.1758.
Physical description
Portrait, half-length, seated, resting left elbow on a table and hand on face, almost right profile, within a plain circular border.
Dimensions
  • Height: 33cm
  • Width: 22.9cm
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
3rd state
Marks and inscriptions
'J. Reynolds pinxt. 1758. Rd. Houston Fecit. Printed for & Sold by Robt. Sayer, opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street.' (Lettered with name of sitter and)
Credit line
Given by Mrs E. B. Westwood
Production
The original portrait by Reynolds was painted in 1758.
Subject depicted
Mary (Duchess of Ancaster)
Associated object
E.406-1959 (Version)
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.407-1959

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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