Title from caption below image., Text in lower left corner of plate: Size of the picture, 4 f. 3 i. by 7 f. 3 i. in height., Etched coat of arms below image bearing the motto: Fari quae sentiat., and Plate III from: A set of prints engraved after the most capital paintings in the collection of ... the empress of Russia. London: J. & J. Boydell, 1788, v. 1.
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Published Mar. 25th, 1775, by Jno. Boydell, engraver in Cheapside
"The young mendicant, a little girl, half-length in a mock oval frame, wearing a cloak and a bonnet tied under her chin, three-quarter to left, looking solemnly towards the viewer; after Boydell."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title from item.
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Published March 1st 1776, by J. Boydell, engraver in Cheapside, London
Title from lettered state in the British Museum., Artist, printmaker, and publication information from description of a later state in the British Museum online catalogue, registration number: 1981,U.380., Plate XXI from: A set of prints engraved after the most capital paintings in the collection of ... the empress of Russia. London: J. & J. Boydell, 1788, v. 2., and On same sheet: [Portraits of hounds].
"Portrait of Agneta Yorke standing three-quarter length to front, her left hand resting on vase and her right on her hip, looking to left; curtain, pillar and scrollwork frame behind."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title from British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1868,0808.2153., "Lady Yorke" written in pencil below print by previous owner., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Mounted on leaf numbered 48 in an album of 49 prints: sheet 60 x 47 cm., and Bound in full red levant by Lloyd Wallis & Lloyd. For further information consult library staff.
"Portrait of Catherine Hunter after Edward Francis Cunningham; seated at table, half-length in three quarter profile to right, arms crossed, wearing pearls in her hair and fur-trimmed cloak."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title and state from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Mounted on leaf numbered 45 in an album of 49 prints: sheet 60 x 47 cm., and Bound in full red levant by Lloyd Wallis & Lloyd. For further information consult library staff.
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Published July 22nd, 1771, by J. Boydell, engraver in Cheapside, London
"Portrait seen bust-length three-quarter profile to right, within oval frame, her hair piled hight, wearing necktie, vest and coat; proof before letters, but with scratched production and publication detail."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title and date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1902,1011.2371., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., "Lady Spencer" and "Proof" written at bottom of sheet in black ink, in a contemporary hand., Mounted on leaf numbered 19 in an album of 49 prints: sheet 60 x 47 cm, Ms. notes "Lady Spencer," and "Proof," written in black ink in unknown hand., and Bound in full red levant by Lloyd Wallis & Lloyd. For further information consult library staff.
"Portrait, three-quarter length, seated at a table on the right, holding a letter in her right hand, and a locket in the other, smiling towards the viewer."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., State and publication information from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits. See also: British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1902,1011.2270., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Mounted on leaf numbered 19 in an album of 49 prints: sheet 60 x 47 cm., and Bound in full red levant by Lloyd Wallis & Lloyd. For further information consult library staff.
"Portrait of (?)Miss Harrison standing whole-length walking to right in wood with dove on her right hand, looking to left, wearing simple dress with sash around waist; architecture behind at right; proof before letters, but with scratched production detail."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title and state from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits, Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1902,1011.2309., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Mounted on leaf numbered 35 in an album of 49 prints: sheet 60 x 47 cm., and Bound in full red levant by Lloyd Wallis & Lloyd. For further information consult library staff.
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Sold by Ryland & Bryer Engravers & Printsellers, at the Kings Arms in Cornhill
Portrait thought to be of Miss Kettle (see Bromley's Catalogue of engraved British portraits); seated three-quarter length to front playing guitar, her hair short, wall and foliage behind. Thought to be Mrs. Cantrell, who was a singer in Marylebone Gardens (see J.C. Smith).
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Title and state from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1867,0413.576., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Mounted on leaf numbered 21 in an album of 49 prints: sheet 60 x 47 cm., and Bound in full red levant by Lloyd Wallis & Lloyd. For further information consult library staff.