Print Description
A mezzotint depicting Miss Fordyce holding a lute, with sheet music visible in the background. Framed in an oval design.
Made by James Watson after Sir Joshua Reynolds.
Medium: Mezzotint engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 23.3 x 31.3 cm (9.17 x 12.32 inch). Image size: 20 x 28 cm. (7.87 x 11.02 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Slight foxing, creasing and soiling. Old folding. Tear at top middle, backed. Paper separation at plate marks, backed. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
MISS FORDYCE, MEZZOTINT, SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS, JAMES WATSON, 18TH-CENTURY ENGRAVING, OVAL PORTRAIT, MUSIC-THEMED PRINT | EXPO-455 (ENGLISH)
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Printed by Robert Sayer, Fleet Street, London.
Reference: NPG D2518 (National Portrait Gallery reference).
Biography engraver: James Watson (c. 1740-1790), an English mezzotint engraver known for reproducing works of prominent painters.
Biography artist: Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792), an influential English portrait painter and first President of the Royal Academy.
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