The Honourable Mrs Stanhope Elizabeth Stanhope (nee Faulkner or Falconer)
Printmaker:
Smith, John Raphael
Publisher:
Smith, John Raphael
Painter:
Reynolds, Joshua
(After)
After the painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds (1772, exh. R.A. 1773, no. 41, 'Portrait of a young lady'; Mannings, 1699; Untraced). Seated beneath a tree in contemplative pose, facing left, right hand resting against the side of her face, left hand hanging down by her left side. Moonlit parkland landscape in the background. Elizabeth Faulkner or Falconer married the Hon. Henry Fitzroy Stanhope, younger son of the second Earl of Harrington in 1783.
Bequeathed by Charles Brinsley Marlay, 1912
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
18th Century#
Production date:
1783-11-17
AD 1783
Mezzotint. Scratched letter proof. In scratched letters, lower left, as recorded in Russell: 'Painled [sic] by S.r Joshua Reynolds'; lower right: 'Engraved by J.R. Smith'; title below: 'The Hon.ble Mrs Stanhope'; publication details below: 'London publishd novem.r 17.th 1783 by J.R. Smith No. 83 Oxford Street'. Inscribed in rubbed graphite at lower right: 'Mrs Stanhope / Proof'. Inscribed on the verso in graphite, initials: 'BM ('B[rinsley] M[arlay]' - written in the donor's hand) and 'CBM' (written in each in a curatorial hand). Inscribed in graphite: '17'; inscription in graphite: '[?...] Proof [?...]'. Inscribed in pen and ink: 'April En[?]l[?o]t1821x120xc'.
Accession number: P.15081-R
Primary reference Number: 240111
Hamilton: I (p.135)
Chaloner Smith: 158.I
Frankau: 335.I
Russell (Chaloner Smith): 158.II/IV
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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