Print Description
Medium: Mezzotint engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 29 x 47.5 cm (11.42 x 18.7 inch). Image size: 29 x 47.5 cm. (11.42 x 18.7 inch).
Condition: fair, given age. Light foxing, creasing and soiling. Trimmed to the image. Multiple small tears in paper edges and surface rubbing damage. Attached to a carrier sheet. Sold waf. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
FRANCES TERESA STUART, DUCHESS OF RICHMOND, MEZZOTINT, PETER LELY, ALEXANDER BROWNE, RESTORATION PORTRAIT, ENGLISH PRINT, COURT BEAUTY, 17TH CENTURY, LONDON PRINTMAKING, MEZZOTINT PORTRAITURE | PCO-B3-18
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
After a painting by Lely; printed and published in London by Alexander Browne, c.1684.
Reference: NPG D11404.
Biography engraver: Alexander Browne (active 1659-died 1706) was a publisher, printseller, and art dealer active in London. He played a key role in the dissemination of mezzotint portraiture in England during the late 17th century.
Biography artist: Sir Peter Lely (1618-1680) was Principal Painter to Charles II and the leading portraitist in Restoration England. His elegant and sensual portrayals of court women, known as the “Windsor Beauties,” shaped English portraiture for decades.
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