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Richard Houston

Portrait of the Right Honorable Maria Countess of Coventry, ca.1749-1775

Description

Maker

  • After Jean-Étienne Liotard, 1702-1789, Swiss
  • Richard Houston, 1721-1775, Irish

Title

Portrait of the Right Honorable Maria Countess of Coventry

Year

ca.1749-1775

Medium

Mezzotint on paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • mezzotint

Supports

  • Medium weight cream laid paper

Dimensions

42.1 x 30.6 cm (16 5/8 x 12 1/8 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

In Plate--Titled in LC:The Right Hon,,ble Maria Countess of Coventry. ; inscribed in LL:J.St. Liotard Pinxit.; inscribed in LR:R. Houston fecit

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Museum Purchase: Anonymous gift

Object Number

51.010

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is Portrait of the Right Honorable Maria Countess of Coventry with the accession number of 51.010. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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