Her Highness The Princess Ann [graphic]

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Description

Title
Her Highness The Princess Ann [graphic]
Creator
Beckett, Isaac, 1653-1719, printmaker
Contributor
Wissing, Willem, 1656-1687, artist.
Cooper, Edward, -1725, publisher.
Published / Created
[1686]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
E. Cooper
Abstract

Portrait of Princess Anne, shown three-quarters length, sitting, directed and facing towards the front, wearing a loose dress and holding a string of pearls. She rests her right elbow against a rock; her left hand is in her lap. In the background on the right is Windsor castle

Description
Title from text below image.
State from Smith, J. C British mezzotinto portraits.
Date of publication based Cooper's advertisement in the London Gazette of 19 August 1686 for mezzotints of the Royal family after Wissing; place of publication based on known address of Cooper's place of business: The Three Pigeons in Bedford Street, Covent Garden.
Princess Ann, second daughter of James Duke of York (afterwards James II) and Anne Hyde. In 1683 she married George Prince of Denmark. In 1702, she succeeded William III, her elder sister Mary II having died 1694. Queen Anne died in 1 August 1714.
Mounted on leaf numbered 3 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 328 x 248 mm, on sheet 338 x 259 mm
Edition
[State 3].
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 1686
Material
mezzotint ; and laid paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Geographic)
England.
Subject (Name)
Anne, Queen of Great Britain, 1665-1714,
Windsor Castle,
Subject (Topic)
Queens
Subjects
Anne, Queen of Great Britain, 1665-1714
Windsor Castle
Queens > England
England > London > 1686

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
12184992
Object ID (OID)
16194640

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