Miss Elliot in the character of Minerva [graphic]

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Title: Miss Elliot in the character of Minerva [graphic]
Creator: Saunders, Joseph, active 1772-1800, printmaker
Contributor: Cosway, Richard, 1740-1821, artist.
Bryer, Henry, fl. 1767-1783, publisher.
Published / Created: [24 Febuary 1774]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publishd as the act directs Febry. 24, 1774 by H. Bryer at No. 12 Stephen Street Tottenham Court Road
Abstract: "Actress half-length looking upwards in an oval, wearing helmet, medusa collar and carrying a shield."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from caption below image.
Mounted on leaf numbered 7 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 250 x 350 mm, on sheet 255 x 350 mm
Language: English

Genre: Portrait prints
Mezzotints England London 1774
Material: mezzotint ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Eliot, Ann, 1743-1769,
Subject (Topic): Actresses
British
Portrayals
Subjects: Eliot, Ann, 1743-1769
Actresses > British
Portrayals
England > London > 1774

Access: Public
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