Miss Gunning

Cotes pinxt ; Spooner fecit.
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Bibliographic Details
Main Creator: Spooner, Charles, d.1767, engraver
Contributors: Joly, Jaspar Robert, 1819-1892, donor
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Summary:Catherine [better known as Kitty] Gunning, (1735-1773), the youngest of the celebrated Gunning sisters; later wife of Robert Travis. Half-length, directed and looking towards front, facing slightly to right, earrings, ribbons at back of head, low dress, sash and armlets twisted with pearls; oval frame cut in rectangle. With three lines underneath image attributed to the Duchess of Hamilton and Countess of Coventry: "This youngest Grace, so like her sisters frame, her kindred features tell from whence she came, 'tis needless once to mention Gunning's name".
Format: Prints & Drawings
Language:English
Published / Created: London : Printed for Geo. Pulley at Rembrant's head, the corner of Bride Court in Fleet Street, [n.d].
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Notes:Physical description: 1 print : mezzotint ; 25.1 x 22.4 cm., on sheet 32.2 x 23 cm., cropped within plate mark.

Citations/References: Catalogue of Engraved Irish Portraits and Original Drawings / Rosalind M. Elmes. - Dublin : Stationery Office, [1938], p. 204.

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Credits:Attributed to Charles Spooner (d. 1767), after an original painting by Francis Cotes (1726-1770).
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