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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2016.94
People
Alexander Browne, British (active 1660-1683)
After Sir Peter Lely, British (1618 - 1680)
Title
The Lady Isabella
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1683-1685
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/355761

Physical Descriptions

Medium
mezzotint counterproof
Technique
Counterproof
Dimensions
sheet: 34.1 × 25 cm (13 7/16 × 9 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: a -
  • inscription: lower center, below image, in plate: The Lady Isabella [in reverse]
  • inscription: lower left, below image: Sold by Alex Brone at ye / blew ballcony in little Queen ʃtreet. [in reverse]
  • inscription: lower right, below image: P Lellij Eques / pinxit. [in reverse]
  • inscription: from old mat, graphite: 15382 / 950 / 5p2 ph / #

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Kennedy Gallery, New York], sold; to [Donald A. Heald Rare Books, Prints & Maps], sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2016

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Chaloner Smith 15

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Jakob Rosenberg Fund
Accession Year
2016
Object Number
2016.94
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • John Chaloner Smith, British Mezzotinto Portraits; being a descriptive catalogue of these engravings from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century, H. Sotheran (London, 1884), p. 105, no. 15 [reference citation]
  • Ewa Lajer-Burcharth and Elizabeth M. Rudy, ed., Drawing: The Invention of a Modern Medium, exh. cat., Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, 2017), p. 59, repr. p. 58 as fig. 17

Verification Level

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