Miss Elizabeth Farren, Countess of Derby

1792

Francesco Bartolozzi after Sir Thomas Lawrence

Associated Names
Francesco Bartolozzi

Artist, Florentine, 1727 - 1815

John Jeffryes

Publisher, English, active 1793-1804

Sir Thomas Lawrence

Artist After, British, 1769 - 1830

The image shows a person standing outdoors on a grassy area. The person is turned slightly to the side with their head facing the viewer. They have soft facial features framed by curly hair styled in a voluminous manner, with some curls resting on their forehead. The person is wearing an elegant, long flowing dress with a luxurious fur-trimmed wrap draped around the shoulders. They are holding a large, round fur muff with their gloved hands. The background shows a serene landscape with clusters of trees and a distant horizon under a subtly clouded sky.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and stipple engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 61 × 39.8 cm (24 × 15 11/16 in.)
    plate: 55.7 × 35.5 cm (21 15/16 × 14 in.)
    image: 49.4 × 31.4 cm (19 7/16 × 12 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.1356

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Tuer 1881, no. 1662

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1933

  • An Exhibition of Prints from the Collection of Lessing J. Rosenwald, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, 1933, no. 139.

Bibliography

1881

  • Tuer, Andrew W. Bartolozzi and his works. 2 vols. London: Field and Tuer; Hamilton, Adams and Co.,1881.

Inscriptions

recto: in plate, below image, at left: T. Lawrence Pinxt.; in plate, below image, at center: Publish'd Jany 1 1792 by Bull & Jeffryes Ludgate Hill London.; in plate, below image, at right: F. Bartolozzi sculpt. R.A.Engraver to his Majesty.; at upper left, in graphite, in later hand: 20730; verso: at bottom left, in graphite, in later hand: 2910/ogm

Markings

recto: none; verso: Lessing J. Rosenwald and National Gallery of Art

Watermarks

[examine with light sheet]

Wikidata ID

Q64955979

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