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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M9422
People
James McArdell, British (c. 1729 - 1765)
After Sir Joshua Reynolds, British (Plympton, England 1723 - 1792 London, England)
Title
The Plimouth Beauty
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Hannah, wife of Kane William Horneck
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1758-1763
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/260289

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Mezzotint
Dimensions
sheet: 31.1 × 22.8 cm (12 1/4 × 9 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower center, in plate: The Plimouth Beauty.
  • inscription: lower right, graphite: p 124
  • collector's mark: lower right, brown ink: VR [intertwined, crown above, oval] [Lugt 2535, Royal Library at Windsor, Queen Victoria]
  • inscription: verso, lower center, graphite: 62
  • inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: w43 720

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Queen Victoria, Royal Library at Windsor (Lugt 2535). Mrs. William Simes, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1938

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
i/ii
Standard Reference Number
Goodwin 76; John Chaloner Smith 107

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. William Simes
Accession Year
1938
Object Number
M9422
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2240 18th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/28/2018 - 07/25/2018

Verification Level

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