Miss Esther Jacobs

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Artist/Maker	Jonathan Spilsbury (engraver) John Boydell (publisher) Sir Joshua Reynolds (artist)
Place of origin	London (published)

Print, half-length portrait of Miss Esther Jacob seated and holding a bouquet of flowers.

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Categories	Prints Portraits
Object type	Print
Title	Miss Esther Jacobs (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Mezzotint Mezzotint
Brief description	Print, half-length portrait of Miss Esther Jacobs, mezzotint by Jonathan Spilsbury after Joshua Reynolds, 1761?
Physical description	Print, half-length portrait of Miss Esther Jacob seated and holding a bouquet of flowers.
Dimensions	Mount height: 74.9cm Mount width: 54.5cm Measured by SH 09/09/2011
Content description	Portrait of a young woman, half-length, seated, turned to and looking to right; the sitter is holding a bouquet of flowers and is wearing a necklace of pearls.
Style	British School
Marks and inscriptions	'J. Reynolds Pinxt. J. Spilsbury Fecit. This Print obtained the highest Premium in the year 1761, granted by the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufacturers and Commerce, instituted in London. Publish'd by J. Boydell Engraver in Cheapside, Jany. 1st 1762 according to Act of Parliament.' (Lettered)
Credit line	Presented by F. R. Bryan, Esq.
Production	The engraver Jonathan Spilsbury should not be confused with his younger brother John Spilsbury. 2nd state.
Subjects depicted	Woman Bouquet Flowers Necklace Pearls Esther Jacobs
Bibliographic reference	Smith, John Chaloner. British Mezzotinto Portraits. London: Henry Sotheran & Co., 1883. Vol. 3, p. 1330.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.282-1905

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O860098/miss-esther-jacobs-print-jonathan-spilsbury/

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