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George Viscount Malden and Lady Elizabeth Capel: P.15095-R

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

George Viscount Malden and Lady Elizabeth Capel

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Turner, Charles
Publisher: Turner, Charles
Painter: Reynolds, Joshua (After)

Entities

Categories

Description

After the portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds (1767; Mannings 308; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 48.181). George Capel, Viscount Malden (1757-1839) and his older sister, Lady Elizabeth Capel (1755-1834), the only children of William, 4th Earl of Essex. Both figures are full-length and located in a landscape beneath a tree to the right. The boy wears 'Van Dyck' dress and stands looking out towards the spectator and holding a cane in his right hand. His sister is seated to the right and holds a flower garland, looking towards the left. A large urn behind her to the right.

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Charles Brinsley Marlay, 1912

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

19th Century
Production date: 1817-07-14 AD 1817

Note

Mezzotint printed in brown ink. Proof before all letters. Inscribed in graphite on the verso: 'e/x'; '24' (probably in Marlay's hand); 'George Viscount Malden & Lady Elizabeth Capel / C. Turner sc. / A.W. 344'; 'CBM' [Charles Brinsley Marlay].

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Mezzotint

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.15095-R
Primary reference Number: 240123
Whitman (Turner): 344.I
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Audit data

Created: Thursday 9 January 2020 Updated: Wednesday 11 January 2023 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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