Serena.
Sweet Evelina's fascinating Bower ... She read unconscious of the dawning Day. /
J.H. Benwell Invt. et Pinxt. ; F. Bartolozzi Sculpt. 1784..
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Summary: | Honora Edgeworth, née Sneyd, (1753-1780), 2nd wife of Richard Lovell Edgeworth ; three-quarter-length, seated, directed to right, face right profile, wearing mob cap, reading by candlelight a book which rests on left arm, right arm on arm of chair, candle on table in front of picture. When Miss Sneyd. |
Format: | Prints & Drawings |
Language: | English |
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London :
J. Walker, No. 148 Strand,
February 1st, 1785.
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Notes: | In-house number: PA 688. One of two impressions. See EDGE HO (1A) I for more detail about other impression. Four lines from Hayley's "Triumphs of Temper". Physical description: 1 print : stipple ; oval image 10.5 x 8.3 cm., plate mark 15.3 x 10.2 cm., sheet 19.6 x 16.5 cm.. Citations/References: Catalogue of Engraved Irish Portraits and Original Drawings / Rosalind M. Elmes. - Dublin : p. 66. more |
Credits: | Attributed to Francesco Bartolozzi, (1727-1815), after an original painting by John Hodges Benwell, (1762-1785). |