[Lady Elizabeth Laura, Lady Charlotte Maria & Lady Anne Horatia, daughters to James late Earl of Waldegrave Knight of the Garter] [graphic]

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Title
[Lady Elizabeth Laura, Lady Charlotte Maria & Lady Anne Horatia, daughters to James late Earl of Waldegrave Knight of the Garter] [graphic]
Alternative Title
Ladies Waldegrave
Creator
Green, Valentine, 1739-1813, printmaker, publisher
Contributor
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792, artist.
Published / Created
[1 December 1781]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Published Decr. 1st, 1781, by V. Green, No. 29, Newman Street, Oxford Street, London
Abstract

"Triple three-quarter length portrait of the three Waldegrave sisters, seated beside one another at a small work-table; Lady Anna Horatia at right embroidering, with Lady Charlotte Maria at left, her head turned towards front, winding silk from skein which Lady Elizabeth Laura, centre, is holding; a curtain, pillars and trees behind them; after Reynolds (Mannings 1810); proof before letters, but with scratched production and publication detail."--British Museum online catalogue

Description
Title from later state; see: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits.
State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins.
Engraved after the painting, now in the National Gallery of Scotland (NG 2171), that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Great Parlour (Refectory) at Strawberry Hill.
With Horace Walpole's manuscript annotations in brown ink in lower margin identifying the sitters and their relationships and a note: "The original picture at Strawberry Hill."
Sheet trimmed within plate mark: sheet 50.5 x 58.4 cm.
Provenance
Sold at Galerie Bassenge (Berlin, Germany), 30 November 2017, lot 5294, to Jarndyce for The Lewis Walpole Library.
Extent
1 print : sheet 50.9 x 59 cm
Edition
[State 1].
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
Folio 49 3636 no. 8++ (Oversize)

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Group portraits
Portrait prints
Reproductions
Proofs
Mezzotints England London 1781
Annotations (Provenance) 18th century
Material
mezzotint ; and laid paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Name)
Waldegrave, Elizabeth Laura Waldegrave, Countess, 1760-1816,
Euston, Charlotte Maria Waldegrave, Lady, 1761-1808,
Seymour, Anne Horatia Waldegrave, Lady, 1762-1801,
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic)
Needlework
Sisters
Subjects
Waldegrave, Elizabeth Laura Waldegrave, Countess, 1760-1816
Euston, Charlotte Maria Waldegrave, Lady, 1761-1808
Seymour, Anne Horatia Waldegrave, Lady, 1762-1801
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Needlework
Sisters
England > London > 1781
18th century
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ms. notes
Knight, William, -1847 > Ownership

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
11110650
Object ID (OID)
16698389

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