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Miss Williams

Print
late 18th century (printed)
Artist/Maker
Ryland, Bryer & Co. (bookseller)
Brookshaw, Richard (engraver)
Pile (artist)
Place of origin
Britain (printed)

Portrait three-quarter-length, standing, in outdoor dress, facing slightly left.

Object details

Categories
Portraits
Prints
Object type
Print
TitleMiss Williams (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Mezzotint
Mezzotint
Brief description
Print, portrait of Miss Williams, mezzotint by Richard Brookshaw after Pile, late 18th century.
Physical description
Portrait three-quarter-length, standing, in outdoor dress, facing slightly left.
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
'Pile Pinxt. Brookshaw fecit Sold by Ryland, Bryer & Co. in Cornhill.' (Lettered with name of sitter and)
Credit line
Given by Mrs E. B. Westwood
Subject depicted
Woman
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.296-1959

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O568835/miss-williams-print-brookshaw-richard/
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