Mrs. Siddons [graphic].

Description

Title: Mrs. Siddons [graphic].
Creator: Graves, Robert, 1798-1873, printmaker
Contributor: Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727-1788, artist.
Published / Created: [between 1837 and 1873]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: "Portrait of Sarah Siddons, after Gainsborough; three-quarters length sitting directed and looking to left, wearing a striped gown and large feathered hat, set at an angle, her hands on a fur muff in her lap."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title, artist, printmaker and date of publication from similar image in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1931,0509.121.
Provenance: Gift of Joseph Verner Reed (Yale 1926) to the Yale Library, 1958. Portions were transferred to Lewis Walpole Library 1960. For other items from this gift refer to Beinecke Library's GEN MSS 1000.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 230 x 178 mm, on sheet 330 x 258 mm
Edition: [Proof].
Language: English

Genre: Portrait prints
Chine collé prints England 1837
Mezzotints England London 1837
Material: mezzotint on chine collé ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Siddons, Sarah, 1755-1831,
Subject (Topic): Artists
British
Subjects: Siddons, Sarah, 1755-1831
Artists > British
England > 1837
England > London > 1837

Access: Public
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