FDA-E.381-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-E.381-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Amelia Elizabeth of Hesse
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
Old labels on seperate peice of ex-backing card:
1) 'Royal Academy Winter Exhibition 1917. Ludwig von Siegen, Portrait of Princess Amelia Elizabeth, owner Rev. Lewis Gilbertson'
2) 'Ludwig vos Siegen 1st state before date being moved and placed in the middle'
3)'Canon Gilbertson 2'
1) 'Royal Academy Winter Exhibition 1917. Ludwig von Siegen, Portrait of Princess Amelia Elizabeth, owner Rev. Lewis Gilbertson'
2) 'Ludwig vos Siegen 1st state before date being moved and placed in the middle'
3)'Canon Gilbertson 2'
Other number
SW 100
Description
Content (person)
Content (note)
Oval topped, head and shoulders portrait
Dimensions
height (actual size): 458mm
width (actual size): 334mm
width (actual size): 334mm
Inscription
Lettered beneath portrait:
'Amelia Elisabette, D. G. Hassia Landgravia &c. Comtissa Hanovia muntzents:
Illustissimo ac Cel.pr:ac Dno Dno Wilhelmo VI.DG.
Hassiae Landgr. &c.hans serenissima mastis et Inncomparabilis Heroina effigiem, ad vivium a se primum depictam novoq sculptura modo expressam dedicat consecratq.S.aS.
Ao. Dni CIƆ.IƆ.C.XLII'
Inscribed on print beneath lettering:
'Theobald Sale 1910', 'Chaloner Smith Sale 3420'
'Amelia Elisabette, D. G. Hassia Landgravia &c. Comtissa Hanovia muntzents:
Illustissimo ac Cel.pr:ac Dno Dno Wilhelmo VI.DG.
Hassiae Landgr. &c.hans serenissima mastis et Inncomparabilis Heroina effigiem, ad vivium a se primum depictam novoq sculptura modo expressam dedicat consecratq.S.aS.
Ao. Dni CIƆ.IƆ.C.XLII'
Inscribed on print beneath lettering:
'Theobald Sale 1910', 'Chaloner Smith Sale 3420'
Inscription description
Collector's stamp 'GWS' lower left corner
Materials & techniques note
Print on thin paper, moutned to card
Production
Person
Siegen, Ludwig von, 1609 - 1680 (Engraver)
Date
1642
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 IV, London: Henry Sotheran & Co., 1883 (p. 1765)
