1593000279000 1578573343000 Standard Record object-240132 1747159822902 1673432101000 1747159409017 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-240132 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/240132 1f17ae61-c08e-3676-89fb-ee87786bc355 6 reference term-98032 adlib-term-98032 82c0807b-e8e4-3d5c-ac68-1a6390880fea print Paintings, Drawings and Prints After the portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds (c.1762/4; Mannings, 1354; Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow, GLAHA_43826). A portrait of the celebrated courtesan, Nelly O'Brien (d.1768). Seated, almost full-length to front, resting her left arm on a stone pedestal to the right which is carved with a relief of Danae. Her hands rest in her lap and she displays a ring with a large stone on the third finger of her left hand. She displays a pronounced decolleté in a pale dress with armlets and with pearls around her neck and in her hair and earrings. A darker cloak around her legs. Background with birch trees and flowers. P.15104-R 1 accession number P.15104-R 240132 priref 240132 Goodwin (Watson) 32.? Chaloner Smith 107.? Hamilton p.123.? Mannings (Reynolds) 1354 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/240132 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/240132 reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Bequeathed by Charles Brinsley Marlay, 1912 reference agent-149674 adlib-agent-149674 de1bf9dd-2091-39ca-85f6-41e736f6e32b Marlay, Charles Brinsley 1912 1912 1912 bequeathed 1764 1764 1764 1764 1766 1 1766 1766 1766 printmaker reference agent-143216 adlib-agent-143216 cee82c6f-22cf-341c-8820-7e4eb14fb3c0 Watson, James publisher reference agent-16628 adlib-agent-16628 d6e00787-fa86-347a-87dc-ebc23062ffdf Bowles, John publisher reference agent-143216 adlib-agent-143216 cee82c6f-22cf-341c-8820-7e4eb14fb3c0 Watson, James after painter reference agent-114271 adlib-agent-114271 caff4b6f-c91d-36a3-b2ab-38cf4c81da19 Reynolds, Joshua Mezzotint. Inscription space trimmed off and therefore difficult to ascertain state for certain. Purportedly a touched proof by Reynolds, but which is almost certainly a false proof with later 'touchings', image area cut and laid down and false margin added from the back. (See Notes) Essentially, the impression does not appear fresh enough to be a working proof. Inscribed in faded pen and ink in lower 'margin' to left: 'J Reynolds pinx.t' and right: 'Ja.s Watson fecit' and graphite inscription at centre: 'Touched by Sir Joshua'. Inscribed on the verso in faded pen and ink (same hand as recto): 'a touch'd Proof from the Author'. Faint graphite inscription at lower right: '?inscribed [?....] [?....]'. The 'touched' areas are not as extensive but correspond loosely with those seen in the British Museum's touched proof (1887,0406.34) - the only known working proof of this plate to have been touched by the artist (described in Goodwin) - with highlights at the breast and along the edge of the sleeve on Nelly's left arm, suggesting some knowledge at least of the British Museum proof. reference term-136481 adlib-term-136481 ff114b08-4aa4-38d7-be1c-bf772a6edbea 18th Century reference term-98032 adlib-term-98032 82c0807b-e8e4-3d5c-ac68-1a6390880fea print reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum reference term-9168 adlib-term-9168 6b0c59e1-73cc-3b5c-8e54-56f42806ba6f British

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