The most illustrious Princess Sophia Electrice Dowager of Brunswick, successor to [the] crown of England &c. after her Majesty Queen Ann & her royal issue [graphic].

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Description

Title: The most illustrious Princess Sophia Electrice Dowager of Brunswick, successor to [the] crown of England &c. after her Majesty Queen Ann & her royal issue [graphic].
Creator: Smith, J. (John), 1652-1743, printmaker, publisher
Contributor: Weidemann, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1668-1750, artist.
Published / Created: [1706]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: [Done by I. Smith from an original painting lately brought from Hanover, & sold by him at [the] Lyon & Crown in Russel Street Covent Garden]
Abstract: "Portrait, half length in an oval, hair in curls, veil at back of head, jewelled dress with lace border, and ermine-lined robe fastened by a brooch at the shoulder."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from text below image.
Artist from British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1902,1011.4841.
State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits.
Publication statement from alternate state. See British Museum online catalogue.
"1706" scratched in lower left hand corner.
Imperfect; sheet trimmed resulting in loss of imprint.
Mounted on leaf numbered 18 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 342 mm, on sheet 263 x 348 mm
Edition: [State 2].
Language: English

Collection Information

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 75 P839 800 v. 4 (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 1706
Material: mezzotint ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Sophia, Electress, consort of Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover, 1630-1714,
Subjects: Sophia, Electress, consort of Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover, 1630-1714
England > London > 1706

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Identifiers

Orbis Record: 12290019
Object ID (OID): 16194802