Print Description
Original antique master print showing a portrait of Mary Richards (nee Moysey) (1744-1816), Daughter of Abel Moysey; wife of Reverend John Richards of Longbreddy, Dorset.
Made by Jonathan Spilsbury after Thomas Gainsborough.
Medium: Mezzotint engraving with hand colouring. on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 25.5 x 35.5 cm (10.04 x 13.98 inch). Image size: 25.5 x 35.5 cm. (10.04 x 13.98 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Plate cropped, no margins. Attached to carrier sheet. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
PORTRAIT-LADY-MARY RICHARDS | DPO-A2-003-12
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Published in London by Henry Parker, dated 1768.
Biography engraver: Jonathan Spilsbury (baptised 1737-1812), printmaker and portrait painter. Artist or producer associated with 52 portraits. .
Biography artist: Thomas Gainsborough (14 May 1727 (baptised) ? 2 August 1788) was an English portrait and landscape painter, draughtsman, and printmaker.
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