Catherine, Lady Bampfylde

1779

Thomas Watson after Sir Joshua Reynolds

Associated Names
Thomas Watson

Artist, British, 1743 or 1748 - 1781

Sir Joshua Reynolds

Artist After, British, 1723 - 1792

The image shows a woman in three-quarter view, leaning against a low stone wall. Her face is turned towards the viewer, with her gaze directed sideways. She has defined facial features, including arched eyebrows, a straight nose, and slightly parted lips. Her hair is styled in an elaborate updo with curls and a headdress. She wears a gown with puffed sleeves, a textured shawl, and a floral decoration on her bodice. She wears a pearl necklace and holds a bouquet of flowers. The background features trees and a landscape. A flowering plant is beside her on the right.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    mezzotint

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 65.1 × 41.9 cm (25 5/8 × 16 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8361

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Smith 1884, no. 2, State i/iii

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1933

  • An Exhibition of Prints from the Collection of Lessing J. Rosenwald, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, 1933, no. 143.

Bibliography

1884

  • Smith, John Chaloner. British mezzotinto portraits, being a descriptive catalogue of these engravings from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century. 4 vols. London: Henry Sotheran and Co., 1884.

Wikidata ID

Q65026311

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