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Frances Countess of Essex: P.13976-R

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Frances Countess of Essex
Portrait of Frances Capel, Countess of Essex, 1735-1759

Maker(s)

Printmaker: McArdell, James
Painter: Reynolds, Joshua (After)

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Charles Brinsley Marlay in 1912

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley

Dating

18th Century
Production date: AD 1757

Note

Inscription on bottom "J. Reynolds Pinxt." and "Js. McArdell fecit" and "Publish'd according to Act of Parliamt. 1757 & Sold at the Golden head in Covent Garden."

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Mezzotint

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.13976-R
Primary reference Number: 205682
Goodwin (McArdell): 58.II
Chaloner Smith: 63.I

Audit data

Created: Thursday 13 August 2015 Updated: Friday 26 July 2019

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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