Anne Ward Morland (Delia in Town)

c. 1788

John Raphael Smith after George Morland

Associated Names
John Raphael Smith

Artist, British, 1752 - 1812

John Raphael Smith

Publisher, British, 1752 - 1812

George Morland

Artist After, British, 1763 - 1804

The image depicts a woman seated from the waist up. She is facing forward with a slight angle to the side. Her facial expression is neutral, and she has curly hair that falls to her shoulders. She wears a light-colored dress with long sleeves and a sash tied around her waist. She is wearing a large purple hat adorned with feathers. Her hands are clasped together on a wooden table. The background includes a window showing a tree outside and a simple chair with a blue cushion inside.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(W. S. Fine Art Ltd., London); purchased by NGA 2008.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1999

  • D'Oench, Ellen. "Copper into Gold": Prints by John Raphael Smith, 1751 - 1812. New Haven, 1999: no. 294.

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower center in graphite: Ward sc. V.; lower left in plate: Painted by G. Morland; lower right in plate: Engraved by R. Smith

Wikidata ID

Q76439080

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