FDA-E.1299-2014
Parts
Object number
FDA-E.1299-2014
Object type
Identification
Title
Duchess of Argyll
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
1st state
Other number
SW 9
Description
Content (person)
Content (note)
Feigned oval frame
Dimensions
height (actual size): 485mm
width (actual size): 351mm
width (actual size): 351mm
Inscription
Inscibed in pencil on the front 'Duchess of Hamilton', and on the back 'Duchess of Argyll'
Inscription description
Stamped with collector's mark 'GWS'
Materials & techniques note
Mezzotint
Physical description
Cut to size
Production
Person
Date
c.18th century
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Collection of George Warren Swire (1883-1949); by whom bequeathed to Eton College
Previous ownership
References
• Smith, J.C., British Mezzotinto Portraits, Part II, London: Henry Sotheran & Co., 1883 (p. 478)
