Portraits of Miss Mary Berry and Mrs. Anne Damer seated across a table from each other in the Library at Strawberry Hill. Each holds a book in her hand; the table on which they lean is also piled with books
Alternative Title:
Mrs. Damer and Miss Berry by Cosway
Description:
Title in pencil below image added later in a different hand from the note on the verso., Note on verso in black ink in a contemporary hand: Mrs. Seymour Damer & Miss Berry in the Library at Strawberry Hill, a sketch by Cosway., No longer thought to be in the hand of Cosway., and Date based on other drawings in the collection which have been identified as circa 1816 and not before 1818.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Damer, Anne Seymour, 1748 or 1749-1828,, Berry, Mary, 1763-1852,, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England),
The Duchess of Devonshire sits nursing a fox at her bare breast; the fox is dressed as a child, its paw on her lap. A child sits to her right crying, arms stretched towards her. On the left a cat licks the face of a dog while ignoring her kitten that crawls beside them. A cradle sits empty in the background (left).
Description:
Title and date from graphite pencil inscriptions in image., Study for the print of the same title, no. 6546 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and With, on the opposite side of the sheet: a drawing for Reynard put to his shifts by the same artist.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Great Britain. Parliament
Subject (Topic):
Elections, 1784, Women in politics, Foxes, Breast feeding, Infants, Women, and Political activity
A collection of 197 mezzotints of British ladies -- members of the Royal family, the nobility, and ladies of fashion -- by J. Wilson, J. Faber, I. Becket, T. Smith, J. Simon, R. Laurie, James Watson, Spicers, S. Watts, T. Ryley, Jas. McArdell, J.R. Smith, Val. Green, J. Murphy, R. Williams, Richd. Houston, Charles Townley, J. Saunders, Charles Spooner, Philip Corbutt, R. Corbutt, R. Purcell, J. Van der Vaert, E. Fisher, H. Meyer, J. Jones, W. Dickinson, R. Tompson, D. Martin, A. Blooteling, W. Faithorne, H. Gascar, P. Schenk, J. Finlayson, H. Fowler, S. Paul, W. Doughty, Robert Dunkarton, R. Earlom, G. White, and Elizabeth Judkins. Some prints in multiple states, proof impressions, before letters, etc and Portraits are after paintings by: Sir Joshua Reynolds, T. Hudson, W. Wissing, G. Kneller, C. Philips, Zoffany, H.D. Hamilton, C. Read, Berridge, F. Wilson, A. Ramsay, M. Dahl, P. Falconet, R.E. Pine, T. Kettle, H. Hysing, J. Vanderbank, T. Stothard, Hayman, P. Lely, John Robinson, G. Willison, George Knapton, R. Cosway, E.F. Calze, R. Samuel, J. Vandervaert, Ant. Van Dyck, G. Schlaken, J.S. Liotard, Largilliere, N. Hone, J. Highmore, J. Closterman, N. Dance, T. Worlidge, Charles D'Agar, D. Gardiner, Farrel, Hamlet Winstanley, Samuel Cotes, F. Cotes, William Thompson, J. Riley, J.R. Smith, and H. Vorelst
Alternative Title:
Bliss collection of portraits of ladies in mezzotint
Description:
Letterpress title pages printed in red and black., Each volume with printed table of contents in letterpress; plates arranged alphabetically by sitter., Includes Horace Walpole's copy of "The Lord Churchill's two daughters" / G. Kneller pinxit ; I. Smith fecit., Bound in full red levant by Lloyd Wallis & Lloyd., and For further information consult library staff.
A collection of 197 mezzotints of British ladies -- members of the Royal family, the nobility, and ladies of fashion -- by J. Wilson, J. Faber, I. Becket, T. Smith, J. Simon, R. Laurie, James Watson, Spicers, S. Watts, T. Ryley, Jas. McArdell, J.R. Smith, Val. Green, J. Murphy, R. Williams, Richd. Houston, Charles Townley, J. Saunders, Charles Spooner, Philip Corbutt, R. Corbutt, R. Purcell, J. Van der Vaert, E. Fisher, H. Meyer, J. Jones, W. Dickinson, R. Tompson, D. Martin, A. Blooteling, W. Faithorne, H. Gascar, P. Schenk, J. Finlayson, H. Fowler, S. Paul, W. Doughty, Robert Dunkarton, R. Earlom, G. White, and Elizabeth Judkins. Some prints in multiple states, proof impressions, before letters, etc and Portraits are after paintings by: Sir Joshua Reynolds, T. Hudson, W. Wissing, G. Kneller, C. Philips, Zoffany, H.D. Hamilton, C. Read, Berridge, F. Wilson, A. Ramsay, M. Dahl, P. Falconet, R.E. Pine, T. Kettle, H. Hysing, J. Vanderbank, T. Stothard, Hayman, P. Lely, John Robinson, G. Willison, George Knapton, R. Cosway, E.F. Calze, R. Samuel, J. Vandervaert, Ant. Van Dyck, G. Schlaken, J.S. Liotard, Largilliere, N. Hone, J. Highmore, J. Closterman, N. Dance, T. Worlidge, Charles D'Agar, D. Gardiner, Farrel, Hamlet Winstanley, Samuel Cotes, F. Cotes, William Thompson, J. Riley, J.R. Smith, and H. Vorelst
Alternative Title:
Bliss collection of portraits of ladies in mezzotint
Description:
Letterpress title pages printed in red and black., Each volume with printed table of contents in letterpress; plates arranged alphabetically by sitter., Includes Horace Walpole's copy of "The Lord Churchill's two daughters" / G. Kneller pinxit ; I. Smith fecit., Bound in full red levant by Lloyd Wallis & Lloyd., and For further information consult library staff.
A collection of 197 mezzotints of British ladies -- members of the Royal family, the nobility, and ladies of fashion -- by J. Wilson, J. Faber, I. Becket, T. Smith, J. Simon, R. Laurie, James Watson, Spicers, S. Watts, T. Ryley, Jas. McArdell, J.R. Smith, Val. Green, J. Murphy, R. Williams, Richd. Houston, Charles Townley, J. Saunders, Charles Spooner, Philip Corbutt, R. Corbutt, R. Purcell, J. Van der Vaert, E. Fisher, H. Meyer, J. Jones, W. Dickinson, R. Tompson, D. Martin, A. Blooteling, W. Faithorne, H. Gascar, P. Schenk, J. Finlayson, H. Fowler, S. Paul, W. Doughty, Robert Dunkarton, R. Earlom, G. White, and Elizabeth Judkins. Some prints in multiple states, proof impressions, before letters, etc and Portraits are after paintings by: Sir Joshua Reynolds, T. Hudson, W. Wissing, G. Kneller, C. Philips, Zoffany, H.D. Hamilton, C. Read, Berridge, F. Wilson, A. Ramsay, M. Dahl, P. Falconet, R.E. Pine, T. Kettle, H. Hysing, J. Vanderbank, T. Stothard, Hayman, P. Lely, John Robinson, G. Willison, George Knapton, R. Cosway, E.F. Calze, R. Samuel, J. Vandervaert, Ant. Van Dyck, G. Schlaken, J.S. Liotard, Largilliere, N. Hone, J. Highmore, J. Closterman, N. Dance, T. Worlidge, Charles D'Agar, D. Gardiner, Farrel, Hamlet Winstanley, Samuel Cotes, F. Cotes, William Thompson, J. Riley, J.R. Smith, and H. Vorelst
Alternative Title:
Bliss collection of portraits of ladies in mezzotint
Description:
Letterpress title pages printed in red and black., Each volume with printed table of contents in letterpress; plates arranged alphabetically by sitter., Includes Horace Walpole's copy of "The Lord Churchill's two daughters" / G. Kneller pinxit ; I. Smith fecit., Bound in full red levant by Lloyd Wallis & Lloyd., and For further information consult library staff.
A collection of 197 mezzotints of British ladies -- members of the Royal family, the nobility, and ladies of fashion -- by J. Wilson, J. Faber, I. Becket, T. Smith, J. Simon, R. Laurie, James Watson, Spicers, S. Watts, T. Ryley, Jas. McArdell, J.R. Smith, Val. Green, J. Murphy, R. Williams, Richd. Houston, Charles Townley, J. Saunders, Charles Spooner, Philip Corbutt, R. Corbutt, R. Purcell, J. Van der Vaert, E. Fisher, H. Meyer, J. Jones, W. Dickinson, R. Tompson, D. Martin, A. Blooteling, W. Faithorne, H. Gascar, P. Schenk, J. Finlayson, H. Fowler, S. Paul, W. Doughty, Robert Dunkarton, R. Earlom, G. White, and Elizabeth Judkins. Some prints in multiple states, proof impressions, before letters, etc and Portraits are after paintings by: Sir Joshua Reynolds, T. Hudson, W. Wissing, G. Kneller, C. Philips, Zoffany, H.D. Hamilton, C. Read, Berridge, F. Wilson, A. Ramsay, M. Dahl, P. Falconet, R.E. Pine, T. Kettle, H. Hysing, J. Vanderbank, T. Stothard, Hayman, P. Lely, John Robinson, G. Willison, George Knapton, R. Cosway, E.F. Calze, R. Samuel, J. Vandervaert, Ant. Van Dyck, G. Schlaken, J.S. Liotard, Largilliere, N. Hone, J. Highmore, J. Closterman, N. Dance, T. Worlidge, Charles D'Agar, D. Gardiner, Farrel, Hamlet Winstanley, Samuel Cotes, F. Cotes, William Thompson, J. Riley, J.R. Smith, and H. Vorelst
Alternative Title:
Bliss collection of portraits of ladies in mezzotint
Description:
Letterpress title pages printed in red and black., Each volume with printed table of contents in letterpress; plates arranged alphabetically by sitter., Includes Horace Walpole's copy of "The Lord Churchill's two daughters" / G. Kneller pinxit ; I. Smith fecit., Bound in full red levant by Lloyd Wallis & Lloyd., and For further information consult library staff.
The Duchess of Devonshire stands with raised skirts while a fox takes cover under her petticoats. She looks toward a huntsman on her right, two hunting dogs at his feet. He calls "Tally O my good dogs" while in response they cry "No coalition" and "No India Bill." The Duchess says, "My dear Fox get into cover."
Description:
Study for the print of the same title, no. 6551 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6. and On the opposite side of the sheet: a drawing for Political affection by the same artist.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Great Britain. Parliament
Subject (Topic):
Elections, 1784, Women in politics, Women, and Political activity
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
[May 1790]
Call Number:
Drawings W87 no. 53 Box D305
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A pretty young woman sits facing left under a tree and talks to an elderly pensioner with a little girl sitting on his knee. Behind the young woman another girl stands listening. Both young women are well-dressed with large hats and muffs. On the extreme left a small boy stands behind the pensioner presenting arms with a long pole. A dog sits at the pensioner's feet
Description:
Title from ink inscription in the artist's hand below image. and Signed by the artist.
Subject (Topic):
Disabled veterans, Crutches, Boys, Dogs, and Women
Title etched below image., Place of publication derived from language of text., Trimmed sheet., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Shipton, Mother approximately 1488-1561, (Ursula),
Subject (Topic):
Women prophets, Prophecy, Women, and Drinking vessels