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Mrs. Hannah More
Title
[Mrs. Hannah More] [graphic] / painted by H.W. Pickersgill, A.R.A. ; engraved by W.H. Worthington.
Publication
London : Published March 1, 1824, by J. Hudson, 85 Cheapside, [1 March 1824]
Physical Description
1 print : etching and engraving on chine collé ; plate mark 44.7 x 33 cm, on sheet 51 x 36 cm
Medium
laid paper.
Notes
Title from later state.
Early state, before title and "From the original picture in the possession of Sir Thomas Dyke Acland Bart. MP" added below image. For a later state bearing this additional text, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1868,0808.1824. For an earlier state with the date "Decr. 11, 1823" in imprint, see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: Portraits M835a no. 1+.
Provenance
Formerly owned by R.B. Sheridan (the dramatist's grandson), who undertook the copious extra-illustration of the volumes. Later owned by Sheridan's descendant Lady Wavertree.
Summary
"Portrait; three-quarters length seated directed slightly to left, looking directly towards the viewer, arms on the elbows of her chair, holding spectacles in a case in her right hand, wearing an empire line gown, a shawl with a decorated hem and a frilled bonnet and ruff, with an inkstand, candlestick and letter addressed to Mr. Wilberforce on a covered table to right and a curtain behind."--British Museum online catalogue.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 06, 2023
References
Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 3, page 271, no. 5
Subjects
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Genre/Form
Portrait prints.
Chine collé prints.
Etchings - England - London - 1824.
Engravings - England - London - 1824.
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