Portrait of a lady
Printmaker: Unknown
Stipple and etching on chine collé. A small oval medallion containing the head and shoulders of a lady, c.1750, directed towards the left with head turned towards the viewer. A plait is worn across the top right of her wig. Proof before letters. A handwritten graphite inscription on the verso: 'From a plate in the possession of Mr Mackie'. 'Mackie' was a dealer, probably a bookseller, who sold prints to the British Museum, amongst other places.
Unknown
by unknown
Height 65mm (chine) x width 45mm (chine); height 92mm (sheet) x width 76mm (sheet, left edge deckled)
Accession number: P.14812-R
Primary reference Number: 225421
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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