Frances Bridges Countess of Exeter [graphic]Ogborne, John, 1755-1837, printmaker[1 March 1777]eng"Portrait, three-quarter length, turned slightly to right, in widow's robe, seated in a chair before a curtain, holding gloves; after Richardson after Van Dyck."--British Museum online catalogueTitle in scratched letters below image.Proof state with scratched lettering. For published state with title, statements of responsibility, and publication line re-etched, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: P,3.308.Engraved after a copy by Richardson, as indicated by the text "from a picture by Richardson after Van Dyke in the possession of I. Thane" on published state of the plate. The original painting by Van Dyck, formerly owned by Richardson, was acquired by Horace Walpole and kept in the Gallery at Strawberry Hill.Year of publication from imprint statement on published state: Pub. March 1st, 1777, by J. Thane, Gerrard Street, Soho.Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark and imprint statement erased from sheet. Imprint supplied from impression in the British Museum.Mounted on page 144 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13.Note in pencil beside image, on mounting sheet: This is a copy, the original has sold for 12 guineas; she is wrong plac'd here.For further information, consult library staff.