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Portrait of an old woman ('Mrs Carter'): P.14816-R

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Portrait of an old woman ('Mrs Carter')

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Green, James Carter, Rev.

Entities

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Description

Etching and drypoint on thin, wove paper. Head and shoulders portrait of an old woman wearing a lace cap and shawl in profile facing left. Inscription on the plate at lower left: 'J [G]reene'. At lower right: '8 A[..] / 18[?11]'. A handwritten inscription in black ink in the lower margin below the platemark: 'Mrs Carter Mother to the Revd James / Green of Grimston by whom this was etched'. The Rev. James Carter Green was vicar at the Church of Saint Andrew, Rillington, Yorkshire from 1802-1831. He had a connection with the University of Cambridge. See Notes. The inscription indicates that the sitter, 'Mrs Carter', was his mother.

Legal notes

Unknown

Acquisition and important dates

by unknown

Dating

19th Century
Production date: probably AD 1811

Note

Height 129mm (plate) x width 79mm (plate); height 142mm (sheet) x width 82mm (sheet)

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Drypoint
Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14816-R
Primary reference Number: 225425
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Audit data

Created: Wednesday 5 September 2018 Updated: Monday 7 January 2019 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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