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Valentine Green

Portrait of the Right Honorable Lady Jane Halliday, Sister of the Earl of Dysart

Maker

Valentine Green (British, 1739-1813), designer
Joshua Reynolds (English, 1723-1792), associated artist/maker

Title

Portrait of the Right Honorable Lady Jane Halliday, Sister of the Earl of Dysart

Year

1779

Medium

  • mezzotint

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • mezzotint

Materials

mezzotint

Supports

  • Medium weight cream laid paper

Dimensions

63.2 x 38.6 cm (24 7/8 x 15 3/16 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

In Plate--inscribed in LL:Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds.; inscribed in LR:Engraved by V. Green, Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty, & to the Elector Palentine. ; inscribed in LC:The Right Hon;ble LADY Jane Halliday, SISTER to the Earl of Dysart./Publish'd Dec:r 24th 1779 by V: Green N:o 29 Newman Street, Oxford Street

Marks: Stamped in brown ink on verso:R.I.S.D./MUSEUM/OF ART surrounded by PROVIDENCE/RHODE ISLANDall inscribed in a circle.

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Bequest of Mrs. Hope Brown Russell

Object Number

09.767

Type

  • Prints

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

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Valentine Green (British, 1739-1813), designer
Joshua Reynolds (English, 1723-1792), associated artist/maker
Portrait of the Right Honorable Lady Jane Halliday, Sister of the Earl of Dysart, 1779
mezzotint
63.2 x 38.6 cm (24 7/8 x 15 3/16 inches) (plate)
Bequest of Mrs. Hope Brown Russell 09.767

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