Jane, Countess of Harrington: P.15005-R

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Jane, Countess of Harrington

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Green, Valentine
Publisher: Green, Valentine
Painter: Reynolds, Joshua (After)

Entities

Description

After the painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792), (exh. R.A. 1775; Mannings, 1694; Harewood House, Leeds). Jane Fleming was the step-daughter of Edwin Lascelles, Lord Harewood. She married Charles Stanhope, Viscount Petersham, later 3rd Earl of Harrington on May 23, 1779. The portrait was commissioned from Reynolds by her mother, Lady Jane Fleming, second wife of Edwin Lascelles whom she married in 1770. The portrayal has been identified as a depiction of Aurora, goddess of the dawn. Full-length, viewed in three-quarter profile to the right, located in an idealised landscape where Spring flowers are in bloom beneath the trees, walking towards the right and extending in front of her a flower wreath held in her left hand.

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Charles Brinsley Marlay, 1912

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century#
Production date: 1780-05-01 AD 1780

Note

Mezzotint, printed in black ink. Scratched letter proof before title, inscription space uncleaned. Scratched lettered artists' names in the margin at lower left: 'Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds' and lower right: 'Engraved by V. Green. Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty & / to the Elector Palatine'. Publication details scratched below: 'Published May 1st 1780, by V. Green, No 29, Newman Street, Oxford Street'. Inscribed in graphite on the verso: 'Jane, Countess of Harrington'; 'CBM [Charles Brinsley Marlay]'; '16'.

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Mezzotint

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.15005-R
Primary reference Number: 240052
Whitman (Green): 100.I
O'Donoghue: 1
Chaloner Smith: 62.I (p.561)
Nagler (Künstler-Lexicon): 5.122 ('gräfin Harrington, 1780, gr. fol.', p.350)
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