G2046: Duchess of Devonshire and Her Child

Identification and Creation

Object Number

G2046

People

George Keating, British (1762 - 1842)
After Sir Joshua Reynolds, British (Plympton, England 1723 - 1792 London, England)

Title

Duchess of Devonshire and Her Child

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

May 19, 1787

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/274584

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Mezzotint

Dimensions

plate: 35.2 × 40.4 cm (13 7/8 × 15 7/8 in.)
sheet: 38.6 × 44 cm (15 3/16 × 17 5/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: below image, in plate: [lower left:] Painted by Sir Jos: Reynolds [lower right:] Engraved by Geo: Keating. [lower center:] G. Keating excudit / Her Grace the Ducess of Devonshireand the R.t Hon.ble Lady Georgiana Cavendish. / London, Publish'd May 19; 1787, by G. KeatingN.o 4 Air Street, Piccadilly; and also maybe had of M.r Austin Drawing Master N.o 197 Piccadilly.
• inscription: verso, graphite, lower right: 12 / 157 [crossed out]
• inscription: verso, graphite: [illegible text ] / N. 228 / 6 / 213

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Francis Calley Gray, bequest; to William Gray, his nephew, 1856, gift; to Harvard University, 1857

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

ii

Standard Reference Number

Sm. 3

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray

Object Number

G2046

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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