Print Description
portrait of a young woman, shown seated three-quarter length in an oval, directed to right, smiling shyly towards the viewer out of the corner of her eyes, touching the buttons of her left glove with the other hand, the elbow on the arm of her chair, wearing a wide-brimmed hat tied with a sash under her chin, with loose curls over her shoulders, wearing a simple light dress with a dark shawl
Made by William Ward after own design.
Medium: Handcoloured stipple and crayon style engraving. on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 23.6 x 29.1 cm (9.29 x 11.46 inch). Image size: 23 x 28.5 cm. (9.06 x 11.22 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Light foxing. Light ghosting from previous matting. . General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
LOUISA MILDMAY-YOUNG WOMAN-SHAWL | DPO-PCO-B1-22
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Published by Thomas Prattent in 1787. Open-letter state, in Hugh Kelly’s ‘Memoirs of a Magdalen, or the History of Louisa Mildmay (1767).
Biography engraver: William Ward (1762-1826) was an English engraver, the son of James and Rachael Ward, and the elder brother of James Ward. The partnership of William and James ward produced the best that English art had to offer.
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