Miss R-d The disappointed nabob. [graphic]

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Title: Miss R-d The disappointed nabob. [graphic]
Alternative Title: Disappointed nabob
Contributor: Hamilton, Archibald, -1792, publisher.
Published / Created: July 1, 1776.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published as the Act directs by A. Hamilton Junr. ...
Abstract: Two head-and-shoulder portraits in separate ornamental oval frames of Francis Sykes, M.P. for Shaftesbury and his alleged mistress. The woman is on the left numbered 16 and Sykes on the right, numbered 17.
Description: Title from item.
Place of publication from Plomer's Dictionaries of printers and booksellers, p. 316.
According to E.J. Burford, the woman in the print may be Miss Raymond.
From the "Histories of the téte-à-téte annexed" in the Town and country magazine, 1776 p. 289.
Provenance: Gift of Joseph Verner Reed (Yale 1926) to the Yale Library, 1958. Portions were transferred to Lewis Walpole Library 1960. For other items from this gift refer to Beinecke Library's GEN MSS 1000.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 107 x 176 mm, on sheet 14 x 22 cm
Language: English

Genre: Portrait prints
Periodical illustrations
Engravings England London 1776
Stipple engravings England London 1776
Etchings England London 1776
Material: etching, engraving and stipple engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Sykes, Francis William.
Subjects: Sykes, Francis William
England > London > 1776

Access: Public
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