Mrs. Abington [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Mrs. Abington [graphic]
- Creator
- Wilson, James, active 1760-1780, printmaker
- Contributor
- Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792, artist.
- Published / Created
- [between 1768 and 1786]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- publisher not identified
- Abstract
-
Portrait of Mrs. Abington after Reynolds (Mannings 28); standing three-quarter length to front, resting her left arm on a draped block (the pedestal of a statue of the Comic Muse), head inclined to left, eyes to front; wearing floral gown, sash and her hair up; plain background
- Description
-
Title from caption below image.
First state, without numbering '133'. See J.C. Smith.
Date of publication from British Museum online catalogue.
Mrs. Abington, comic actress, born and worked London and Dublin. Began as a flower seller and domestic servant.
Mounted on leaf numbered 1 in an album of 49 prints: sheet 60 x 47 cm.
Bound in full red levant by Lloyd Wallis & Lloyd. For further information consult library staff. - Provenance
- Gift of Susan Dwight Bliss to Yale University Library; to Farmington February 1954. Purchased from Charles Scribner's Sons, 3 March 1903 by Mrs. G.T. Bliss.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 351 x 250 mm, on sheet 392 x 272 mm
- Edition
- [State 1].
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 75 P839 800 v. 1 (Oversize)
- Collection Title
- Portraits of ladies in mezzotint.
- Collection Date
- [England], [between 1684 and 1799?]
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Portrait prints
Mezzotints England London 1768 - Material
- mezzotint ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Abington, Mrs. 1737-1815, (Frances Barton),
- Subject (Topic)
-
Actresses
British - Subjects
-
Abington, Mrs. (Frances Barton), 1737-1815
Actresses > British
England > London > 1768
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
- 12185040
- Object ID (OID)
- 16194638