Mrs. Hannah Snell [graphic]

Description

Title: Mrs. Hannah Snell [graphic]
Creator: Johnson, J., active approximately 1743-1760s, printmaker
Contributor: Frye, Thomas, 1710-1762.
Faber, John, 1695?-1756.
Wardell, James, active 18th century, artist.
Jefferys, Thomas, -1771, publisher.
Published / Created: [1750s]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed for & Sold by T. Jefferys at the corner of St. Martins Lane, Charing Cross
Abstract: "Portrait, half-length in an oval, directed to right, wearing tricorn over dark, chin-length curls and a plain coat with large cuffs, tucking right hand in waistcoat, looking towards the viewer; after Wardell, altered from a portrait by Faber after Frye; lettered state."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title engraved below image.
State from: Russell, C.E. English Mezzotint portraits and their states.
Final state of a plate that originally depicted Clement Lemprière, engraved by John Faber after a portrait by Thomas Fry. Here the title has been altered from "C. Lempriere" and the plate has been re-worked to depict Hannah Snell; this represents the second state according to Smith, amended to the third state by Russell.
Date of publication from British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1935,0413.98.
Six lines of biographical information engraved below title: Who entered herself as a Marine in Col. Fraser's regiment by the name of James Gray, Novemr. 27, 1745. And went with Admiral Boscawen's Squadron to the East Indies where at the Attack of Pondicherry in Septr. 1748 she received 12 Wounds, one of which she cured herself to prevent the discovery of her sex, and after having been 5 years in the Service was discharg'd June 9th, 1750. But upon her petitioning His Royal Highness the Duke he was pleas'd to order her a pension of L.30. pe. annum as a reward for the many signal services she did her country in that expedition.
Provenance: Maggs Bros.; February 2025.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 33 x 23 cm, on sheet 34.8 x 25 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Edition: [State 3].
Language: English