[Mrs. Siddons] [graphic].

Description

Title: [Mrs. Siddons] [graphic].
Creator: Parkes, Robert Bowyer, 1830-, printmaker
Contributor: Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727-1788, artist.
Noseda, Mrs. 1814-approximately 1894, publisher.
Published / Created: [1876]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: J. Noseda
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, publisher, and date of publication from description of a later state in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1931,0509.124.
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 152 x 112 mm, on sheet 320 x 250 mm
Edition: [Proof before letters].
Language: English

Genre: Portrait prints
Chine collé prints
Proofs before letters
Mezzotints England London 1876
Material: mixed method mezzotint on chine collé ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Siddons, Sarah, 1755-1831,
Subject (Topic): Actresses
British
Subjects: Siddons, Sarah, 1755-1831
Actresses > British
England > London > 1876

Access: Public
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