The seamstress [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- The seamstress [graphic]
- Creator
- Cheesman, Thomas, 1760- printmaker
- Contributor
- Romney, George, 1734-1802, artist.
- Published / Created
- [ca. 1787]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- publisher not identified
- Abstract
-
A print after Romney's portrait of Amy Lyon, mistress of The Honorable Charles Greville who, wanting a portrait of her, introduced her to Romney. She later became Emma, Lady Hamilton and still later, the mistress of Admiral Lord Nelson. She is shown in profile, in a bonnet with a blue ribbon, seated on a chair outdoors under a tree, head bent over her sewing. On the left in the distance, two sheep rest peacefully on the hillside
- Description
-
Title from caption below image.
Date of publication from Horne. - Provenance
- C. & J. Goodfriend; April 2013.
- Extent
- 1 print : image 30.8 x 25 cm, on sheet 54.5 x 46 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Portraits H217a no. 1++
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Genre prints
Portrait prints
A la poupée prints - Material
- stipple engraving a la poupée ; and wove paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Hamilton, Emma, Lady, 1765-1815,
- Subject (Topic)
- Sewing
- Subjects
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Hamilton, Emma, Lady, 1765-1815
Sewing
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 11364734
- Object ID (OID)
- 10996990