Catherine, Lady Bampfylde: P.15106-R

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Catherine, Lady Bampfylde

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Watson, Thomas
Publisher: Watson, Thomas
Publisher: Dickinson, William
Painter: Reynolds, Joshua (After)

Entities

Description

After the portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds (Probably painted in 1776; exh. R.A., 1777, no.283, as 'Portrait of a Lady; whole length'; Mannings 104; Tate Britain, 3343). Catherine Moore married Sir Charles Bampfylde of Poltimore in Devon in 1776. Standing full-length to front, within a parkland landscape, head turned towards the left, looking slightly downwards. Left elbow rests upon a stone block to the right and right arm reaches outwards slightly. She wears an elaborate wig topped with a scarf and plait looped over her right shoulder. A string of pearls around her neck and bunched at the breast. A shawl billows around her arms over a pale gown. A stem of Madonna lilies grow in the foreground 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

18th Century#
Production date: 1779-05-01 AD 1779

Note

Mezzotint. Proof before title. Trimmed within the platemark, publication line missing. Engraved below the image to left: 'Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds.' and right: 'Engraved by Thomas Watson.' Inscribed on the verso in graphite: 'Fine Print'; 'Lady Bampfylde' and print references. See same state BM 1902,1011.6533 with untrimmed publication line as given in Chaloner Smith/Goodwin: 'London Publish'd May 1.st 1779, for Watson & Dickinson, No. 158 New Bond Street.'

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Mezzotint

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.15106-R
Primary reference Number: 240134
Goodwin (Watson): 36.II
Chaloner Smith: 2.II
Gainsborough and Reynolds (British Museum): 124
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