Portrait of Anne Lee, Marchioness of Wharton
Object Details
- engraver
- Earlom, Richard
- original artist
- Lely, Peter
- publisher
- Boydell, John
- delineator
- Boydell, Josiah
- Description
- Mezzotint after painting by Peter Lely once in the Common Parlour at Houghton. Not included in the sale to Catherine II of Russia, although engraved for the volume of prints. Present location unknown. Print tipped onto sheet bound in George P. Marsh’s copy of The Houghton Gallery, vol. 1. Anne Lee (1659-1685), first wife of Thomas, Baron Wharton, was an accomplished poet who used the pseudonym Urania.
- Credit Line
- Marsh Collection
- 1776
- ID Number
- 1978.0534.02.64
- accession number
- 1978.0534
- catalog number
- 1978.0534.02.64
- Object Name
- mezzotint
- Object Type
- Mezzotint
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- plate: 40.3 cm x 29 cm; 15 7/8 in x 11 13/32 in
- sheet: 41.8 cm x 30.5 cm; 16 15/32 in x 12 in
- place made
- United Kingdom: England, London
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
- Communications
- Marsh Collection
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Portraits
- Women
- Record ID
- nmah_1694323
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b0-ffc2-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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