"Whole length portrait in profile to the left of one of the royal dukes, most likely Henry William, Duke of Gloucester, in a bag wig and with a sword. He wears a coat with fur collar and the star of the Garter with the Garter ribbon."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item. and Attributed to Edward Topham in British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Pub. by Mrs. D Archery St. James Street
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
William Henry, Prince, Duke of Gloucester, 1743-1805,
"Head of an old woman in profile to the left, tilted upwards. She wears a cap which conceals her hair. ... She is evidently the Betty of the famous fruit shop in St. James's Street, the 'patriot Betty' of Mason's 'Heroic Epistle', 1773. 'Betty's' was a fashionable 'lounge' and centre of gossip, often mentioned by H. Walpole and others. She was Elizabeth Munro or Neale, 1730-97, called 'the Queen of apple-women' by the 'Gentleman's Magazine' (obituary)."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 9.9 x 7.6 cm, on sheet 12.1 x 9.4 cm., and Mounted on leaf 21 of volume 7 of 12.
Publisher:
Pub. 9th Feby. 1783 by H. Humphrey, No. 51 New Bond Street
"Head of an old woman in profile to the left, tilted upwards. She wears a cap which conceals her hair. ... She is evidently the Betty of the famous fruit shop in St. James's Street, the 'patriot Betty' of Mason's 'Heroic Epistle', 1773. 'Betty's' was a fashionable 'lounge' and centre of gossip, often mentioned by H. Walpole and others. She was Elizabeth Munro or Neale, 1730-97, called 'the Queen of apple-women' by the 'Gentleman's Magazine' (obituary)."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Identified in an unknown contemporary hand as "Mrs. Eliz. Neale" on plate below the title and "Who kept a noted fruit shop in St. James's Street" added below on the mounting sheet., and Mounted to 15 x 10 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. 9th Feby. 1783 by H. Humphrey, No. 51 New Bond Street
