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Mrs Lagden / of Bournbridge in Cambridgeshire: P.14873-R

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Mrs Lagden / of Bournbridge in Cambridgeshire

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Draughtsman: Tyson, Michael (After)

Entities

Categories

Description

Etching on paper. Portrait of an old woman known as 'Mrs Lagden', half-length, facing front and looking down and towards her right. A vignette in outline after a drawing by Tyson. Etched onto the plate at lower left: 'Tyson del.t 1770' and with title and quotation below: 'Mrs Lagden / of Bournbridge in Cambridgeshire / "I was not reckoned a Beauty, But the Men always thought me agreable [sic]" '. See also P.14872-R.

Legal notes

Unknown

Acquisition and important dates

by unknown

Dating

18th Century
Production date: AD 1770

Note

Height 133mm (plate) x width 94mm (plate)

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14873-R
Primary reference Number: 225483
O'Donoghue: 2
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Wednesday 5 September 2018 Updated: Monday 7 January 2019 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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