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The Rt Honble Lady Elizabeth Compton Portrait of Elizabeth Cavendish, Countess of Burlington, 1760-1835
Printmaker:
Smith, John Raphael
Publisher:
Smith, John Raphael
Painter:
Peters, Matthew William
(After)
History note: Sotheby's 12.ii.531crt360
Given by Louis C. G. Clarke, Trinity Hall, February 1953
Method of acquisition: Given (1953) by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray
18th Century
Production date:
AD 1780
Inscriptions on bottom "Painted by Wm Peters R.A." and "Engraved by J.R.Smith" and "London Publish'd by J.R. Smith No 10 Batemans Buildings Soho Square, & at No.171 Strand London".
Accession number: P.24-1953
Primary reference Number: 206088
Chaloner Smith: 45.II
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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