‘BELOW IMAGE: “WINDSOR CASTLE.” PUBLICATION LINE: “LONDON PUBLISHED JUNE 1ST 1822 BY J. BARROW, WESTON PLACE, ST PANCRAS.”‘

– Fine colour printed stipple engraving depicting Elizabeth Henrietta Conyngham (d.1839), seated at a pianoforte and turning toward the viewer. She wears a white Empire dress and is shown in an interior setting with a musical score open before her, while Windsor Castle appears in the background. The composition highlights refinement, musical accomplishment, and aristocratic identity. She was the daughter of Lady Conyngham, mistress of King George IV, situating the portrait within the intimate social circle of the Regency court.

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Description

Medium: Colour printed stipple engraving with additional hand colouring on wove (vellin) paper.

Sheet size: 24.5 x 34 cm (9.65 x 13.39 inch). Image size: 23 x 30 cm. (9.06 x 11.81 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Light foxing, soiling, and creasing. Attached to a carrier sheet. Ghosting from previous matting. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

ELIZABETH CONYNGHAM ENGRAVING, WINDSOR CASTLE PORTRAIT, REGENCY STIPPLE PRINT, PIANOFORTE PORTRAIT | PCO-EXPO-ENGLISH

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

London, J. Barrow, 1822.

Biography engraver: George Maile was an engraver active in early 19th-century (c.1818-1841) London, known for producing delicate stipple engravings after contemporary portrait designs.

Biography artist: John Barrow was a draughtsman and publisher active in London in the early 19th century (c.1804-1824), associated with portrait prints and popular illustrated works.