Bibliographic Details
Main Creator:	Ryall, Henry Thomas, 1811-1867 engraver.
Contributors:	Chalon, Alfred Edward, 1780-1860, artist.
Summary:	Marguerite or Margaret Gardiner, Countess of Blessingon, (1789-1849), née Powers, 2nd wife of Charles Gardiner, 1st Earl of Blessington, previously married to Captain Maurice St Leger Farmer (d.1817), writer and socialite, author of 'Conversations with Lord Byron'; nearly whole-length, full face, looking to right, seated, resting head on right hand and right elbow on arm of chair, frilled headdress, low gown with puffed sleeves and rose in bosom; octagonal frame.
Format:	Prints & Drawings
Language:	English
Published / Created:	London : C. Tilt, Fleet Street, 1836.
Subjects:	Blessington, Marguerite, > Countess of, > 1789-1849. Women > Clothing & dress > Ireland > 1830-1840. Nobility > Ireland > 1780-1840. Authors > Irish > 1780-1840. Portrait prints > British > 1830-1840. Stipple engravings > British > 1830-1840.
Notes:	One of two impressions of the same print. See EP BLES-MA (2A) III for more details about other impression. Physical description: 1 print : stipple ; image 23 x 18.5 cm., sheet 34.6 x 26.7 cm., cropped within plate mark. Citations/References: Catalogue of Engraved Irish Portraits and Original Drawings / Rosalind M.Elmes. - Dublin 1937, p. 19. more
Credits:	Engraving attributed to Henry Thomas Ryall, (1811-1867), after an original drawing by Alfred Edward Chalon, (1780-1860).