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Lady Pentweazle: P.14205-R

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Lady Pentweazle

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lucas, David
Painter: Smirke, Robert II (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 1832

Note

Inscription on the back, in pencil "Pubd by the engraver 57 Harrow Road, Paddington, Jan 1832. 'Oh! that Look, - that, - I must despair of imitating'. Foot's Comedy of Taste. Took (the actor) in me of his parts."

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Mezzotint
Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14205-R
Primary reference Number: 206211
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Thursday 13 August 2015 Updated: Monday 29 November 2021 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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