Mr Abington
Print
17/08/1769 (published)
17/08/1769 (published)
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Whole-length portrait, standing in a woodland, with sprigs of flowers worked upon dress, head tilting to left and looking to front. The sitter is holding a mask in her right hand and is resting her left arm on the pedestal of a statue, the lower half of which can be seen.
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Title | Mr Abington (assigned by artist) |
Materials and techniques | Mezzotint on laid paper |
Brief description | Whole-length portrait of Frances Abington in a woodland setting. Mezzotint by James Watson after Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1769. |
Physical description | Whole-length portrait, standing in a woodland, with sprigs of flowers worked upon dress, head tilting to left and looking to front. The sitter is holding a mask in her right hand and is resting her left arm on the pedestal of a statue, the lower half of which can be seen. |
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Copy number | 3rd state |
Marks and inscriptions | 'Sr. J. Reynolds pinx. J. Watson fecit. Mrs. Abington. [Published as the Act Directs] Augt 17 1769 by J. Watson in Litchfield Street, Soho.' (Lettered) |
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Bibliographic reference | Smith, John Chaloner. British Mezzotinto Portraits. London: Henry Sotheran & Co., 1883. Vol. 4, p. 1488.
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Accession number | 27149 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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