Mrs Clarke of Cambridge
Printmaker:
Bretherton, James
Draughtsman:
Orde, Thomas
(After)
Etching on laid paper. Oval. Portrait of a lady known as 'Mrs Clarke' or 'Clark' of Cambridge. Half-length towards the left, seated on a chair, her left forearm resting on a table and looking out towards the left. She wears a straw bonnet bedecked with rosettes and a fichu of pale-coloured gauze. Scratched letters on the plate at lower left: 'T: Orde del.' and at lower right: 'J: Bretherton f.'. Inscription in graphite (modern hand) at lower centre: 'Mrs Clarke / of Cambridge'.
Unknown
by unknown
18th Century
Circa
1750
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Circa
1799
Height 187mm (plate) x width 140mm (plate)
Accession number: P.14865-R
Primary reference Number: 225475
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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