Elizth. Countess of Berkley [graphic].

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Title: Elizth. Countess of Berkley [graphic].
Alternative Title: Elizabeth Countess of Berkley
Elizabeth Countess of Berkeley
Contributor: Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792, artist.
Published / Created: [not after 1797]
Publication Place: London?
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: "Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 159); standing half-length to front and leaning on book on table before her, looking to left, wearing fur-trimmed mantle, dress with wide lace cuffs and ribbon bows on bodice, and pearls."--British museum online catalogue, description of a different plate of similar composition
Description: Title engraved below image.
Date of publication based on death date of Horace Walpole, who presumably laid an impression of this print into his extra-illustrated copy of A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Formerly laid in at page 53 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: 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 12.
Provenance: Sabin; August 1927. Strawberry Hill sale, viii, 33. London, 1123. Later owned by William Knight.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 14.6 x 12 cm
Language: English

Genre: Portrait prints
Mezzotints England London 1797
Material: mezzotint ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Berkeley, Elizabeth, Countess of, 1720-1792,
Subjects: Berkeley, Elizabeth, Countess of, 1720-1792
England > London > 1797
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership
Knight, William, -1847 > Ownership

Access: Public
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