Title from item., Date derived from printmaker's date of death., Place of publication derived from printmaker's place of residence., Below image: Cum privil. Regis; Genseos 25., From: Histoire de la Genèse., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Rebekah (Biblical matriarch)., Jacob (Biblical patriarch)., and Esau (Biblical figure).
Subject (Topic):
Childbirth, Twins, Medicine in the Bible, Births, Midwives, Servants, and Beds
LGBTQ resource and Teaching resource: Professor George Chauncey, History 460 / American Studies 353 / Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies 348, Selected Topics in Lesbian and Gay History
Subject (Topic):
Incest, Lesbians, Lesbians in literature, Twins, and Women
"Lady Diana Beauclerk's two daughters sitting on a bench, Elizabeth, later Lady Herbert, in profile to left, drawing in a sketch-book leaning on her knees; her younger sister Mary, later Countess Jenison Walworth, seated behind on left facing front; curtain, pillar and landscape in the background."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., State from Calabi and de Vesme catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 71 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., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 15th, 1780, by F. Bartolozzi, No. 1 Bentinck Street, in Berwick Street, Soho
LWL Ptg. 149 Framed, shelved in Object Room Rack 2.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A half-length portrait of the artist’s daughter’s Mary and Elizabeth who sit in close proximity. A large, fluted column in the right background defines the space. The two women are seated. One in profile holds a book in one hand. The other is raised with one finger pointed a gesture to underscore a point as she reads to her sister who leans in with an attentive ear. Both wear caps
Description:
Title from 2005 Christie's appraisal., Date from unverified data in local card catalog record., and Related print: Bartolozzi, F. Portrait of Lady Diana Beauclerk's daughters sitting on a bench. [London] : Publish'd May 15th, 1780, by F. Bartolozzi, No. 1 Bentinck Street, in Berwick Street, Soho, [15 May 1780]. See Lewis Walpole Library impression in copies 4 and 11 of Horace Walpole's A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole (Folio 33 30).
Subject (Name):
Beauclerk, Diana, Lady, 1734-1808., Walworth, Mary Beauclerk, 1766-1851,, and Pembroke, Elizabeth Beauclerk, Countess of, 1766-1793,
