Catherine Countess of Desmond

Aliamet Sculpt.
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Bibliographic Details
Main Creator: Aliamet, François Germain, 1734-1788, engraver.
Summary:Katherine Fitzgerald, Countess of Desmond, (d.1604?); half-length, to right, with veil lined with brocade over head, mantle fastened by cross bands, collar closed.
Format: Prints & Drawings
Language:English
Published / Created: [s.l.] : [s.n.] ; [ca. 1774].
Subjects:
Notes:From picture at Dupplin Castle, Scotland.

Plate VIII to Thomas Pennant's "Tour in Scotland", 1774.

Erroneously identified as the original portrait by Rembrandt of this mother, see Wilhelm Bode : L'ouvre complet de Rembrandt, I., 1897, p. 79.

Location number: PA 591A.

Physical description: 1 print : line engraving ; image 16 x 12 cm., plate mark 20.3 x 14.7 cm., sheet 20.6 x 14.9 cm..

Citations/References: Catalogue of Engraved Irish Portraits & Original Drawings / Rosalind M. Elmes. - Malton Press, Dublin, p. 57.

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Credits:Attributed to French engraver François Germain Aliament, (1734-1788).
As a digital copy of this item is available, the original will not be issued.
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EP DESM-KA (1A) I
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Reproduction rights owned by National Library of Ireland.