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Mrs Clarke of Cambridge: P.14865-R

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Mrs Clarke of Cambridge

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Bretherton, James
Draughtsman: Orde, Thomas (After)

Entities

Categories

Description

Etching on laid paper. Oval. Portrait of a lady known as 'Mrs Clarke' or 'Clark' of Cambridge. Half-length towards the left, seated on a chair, her left forearm resting on a table and looking out towards the left. She wears a straw bonnet bedecked with rosettes and a fichu of pale-coloured gauze. Scratched letters on the plate at lower left: 'T: Orde del.' and at lower right: 'J: Bretherton f.'. Inscription in graphite (modern hand) at lower centre: 'Mrs Clarke / of Cambridge'.

Legal notes

Unknown

Acquisition and important dates

by unknown

Dating

18th Century
Circa 1750 - Circa 1799

Note

Height 187mm (plate) x width 140mm (plate)

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14865-R
Primary reference Number: 225475
Stable URI

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

Citation for print

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Mrs Clarke of Cambridge" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/225475 Accessed: 2024-12-23 00:57:04

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