[Portrait of the artist's daughters, Mary and Elizabeth, reading a book] [art original].

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Title: [Portrait of the artist's daughters, Mary and Elizabeth, reading a book] [art original].
Creator: Beauclerk, Diana, Lady, 1734-1808, artist
Published / Created: [ca. 1780?]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: A half-length portrait of the artist’s daughter’s Mary and Elizabeth who sit in close proximity. A large, fluted column in the right background defines the space. The two women are seated. One in profile holds a book in one hand. The other is raised with one finger pointed a gesture to underscore a point as she reads to her sister who leans in with an attentive ear. Both wear caps
Description: Title from 2005 Christie's appraisal.
Date from unverified data in local card catalog record.
Related print: Bartolozzi, F. Portrait of Lady Diana Beauclerk's daughters sitting on a bench. [London] : Publish'd May 15th, 1780, by F. Bartolozzi, No. 1 Bentinck Street, in Berwick Street, Soho, [15 May 1780]. See Lewis Walpole Library impression in copies 4 and 11 of Horace Walpole's A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole (Folio 33 30).
Extent: 1 drawing : framed to 61 x 84 cm
Language: English

Genre: Portrait drawings
Pastels (Visual works)
Material: pastel on paper laid on canvas ;
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Beauclerk, Diana, Lady, 1734-1808.
Walworth, Mary Beauclerk, 1766-1851,
Pembroke, Elizabeth Beauclerk, Countess of, 1766-1793,
Subject (Topic): Sisters
Twins
Subjects: Beauclerk, Diana, Lady, 1734-1808
Walworth, Mary Beauclerk, 1766-1851
Pembroke, Elizabeth Beauclerk, Countess of, 1766-1793
Sisters
Twins

Access: Public
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Citation: Lady Diana Beauclerk, Portrait of the Artist's Daughters, Mary and Elizabeth. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.