Portraiture and Mezzotint Prints

Mezzotint portraits of women and historical figures, characterized by detailed shading and elegance, capturing the essence of their time.

Portrait of Anne Goddard Williams Hope, Charles Howard Hodges, John & Josiah Boydell, 1788

Print made by William Dickinson, 1746-1823, British, Mrs. Elizabeth Hartley, 1779. Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper.

Maintenon, Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de.

Portrait of Anne Goddard Williams Hope, Charles Howard Hodges, John & Josiah Boydell, 1788

Print made by William Whiston Barney, active 1805-1817, British, Her Grace the Duchess of Devonshire, 1808. Mezzotint on thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper.

Saint Catherine. Mezzotint by J. Smith after Sir G. Kneller.

Miss O'Neill as Juliet. Artist: After Peter Charles Henderson (British, active 1791-1829). Dimensions: Plate: 12 11/16 × 10 in. (32.2 × 25.4 cm)Sheet: 15 7/8 × 10 15/16 in. (40.4 × 27.8 cm). Engraver: James Godby (British, 1767-1849). Sitter: Lady Elizabeth Wrixon-Becher (Irish, 1791-1872). Subject: William Shakespeare (British, Stratford-upon-Avon 1564-1616 Stratford-upon-Avon). Date: May 29, 1815. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Print made by John Raphael Smith, 1752-1812, British, Lady Catherine Powlet, 1778. Mezzotint (first state) on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige, laid paper.

Count, Christiane Elisabeth.

Buirette-Oehlefeld, Anna Elisabeth .

Jan Verkolje I after Sir Peter Lely, The Duchess of Grafton, 1683 The Duchess of Grafton

Thomas Bardwell, 1704-1767, British, Album Drawing, ca. 1730. Gray and brown wash and watercolor with pen and brown ink over graphite on laid paper.

Jane, Countess of Harrington 1780 England. Mezzotint on paper . Valentine Green

Portrait of Catherine Parson; Madam Parson. .

Cromwell, Elizabeth .

A seated woman holding a closed fan before a drawn curtain, a tree and sky beyond ca. 1710-41 Henri Simon Thomassin French. A seated woman holding a closed fan before a drawn curtain, a tree and sky beyond 399558

Caroline, Duchess of Marlborough, Print made by John Jones, ca. 1745-1797, British, after George Romney, 1734-1802, British, Published by John Jones, ca. 1745-1797, British, 1791, Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 25 1/4 × 14 7/8 inches (64.1 × 37.8 cm) and Plate: 24 × 14 7/8 inches (61 × 37.8 cm)

Mrs. Williams-Hope, Print made by Charles Howard Hodges, 1764-1837, British, after Sir Joshua Reynolds RA, 1723-1792, British, 1788, Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 20 7/8 × 16 3/8 inches (53 × 41.6 cm) and Plate: 16 × 11 1/2 inches (40.6 × 29.2 cm)

Catherine, Lady Bampfylde, Print made by Thomas Watson, 1743-1781, British, after Sir Joshua Reynolds RA, 1723-1792, British, Published by William Dickinson, 1746-1823, British, 1779, Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, Mount: 25 3/4 × 18 1/4 inches (65.4 × 46.4 cm) and Sheet: 23 1/16 × 14 3/4 inches (58.6 × 37.5 cm)

Print made by John Jones, ca. 1745-1797, British, Caroline, Duchess of Marlborough, 1791. Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper.

Copper engraving by Hendrick Goltzius from 1592 depicting Calliope, the muse of epic poetry, showing figure, attributes, and composition.

Young woman with a sickle, Richard Houston, after Samuel Wale, 1731 - 1766 print London paper adolescent, young woman, maiden. agricultural implements: sickle. summer, 'Aestas'; 'Estate' (Ripa). summer landscape; landscape symbolizing summer (the four seasons of the year)

The winter; L'Hyver / winter; The four Seasons. Standing woman as a winter personification. She's a dog. In the background a winter landscape with two figures. The print is part of a series with prints over the four seasons.

Josephine Bonaparte, as Empress to Napoleon I. Marie-Joseph-Rose Tascher de la Pagerie, 1763-1814. Imperatrice et Reine, Full length painting by François Gérard from 1807. Mezzotint by Michel Manzi and Maurice Joyant from Frederic Massons Napoleon et les Femmes, Napoleon and the Fair Sex, Goupil, Paris, 1906.

Franse kroon, Parijs, Chéreau, François (I), Watteau, Jean Antoine, Frankrijk, Audran, Benoît (II), Dame na de hunting, Paris, France, verso - stamped, print, prints, height 453 mm, width 343 mm, 1698 - 1772-01-09, print maker, printmaker, 1708 - 1729, paper, papier, etching, etchings, French, 1684-10-10 - 1721-07-18, after, after painting by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1680-03-20 - 1729-04-15, publisher, uitgever van privilege

Catherine, Viscountess Hampden, Print made by John Young, 1755-1825, British, after John Hoppner, 1758-1810, British, 1786, Mezzotint (second state) on medium, slightly textured, cream, laid paper, Sheet: 15 3/8 × 12 inches (39.1 × 30.5 cm) and Image: 13 5/8 × 10 15/16 inches (34.6 × 27.8 cm)

Young woman with a basket with grapes, Franz Xaver Stöber, 1805 - 1858 print Vienna paper etching adolescent, young woman, maiden. bunch of grapes. carrying something in basket, bag, rucksack, etc.

Melpomene, 1592 print A series of nine muses. Four lines of Latin from Franco Estius in margin under print. paper engraving Melpomene (one of the Muses); 'Melpomene' (Ripa)

Poesia; Poetansis; The seven liberal arts (artes liberales). The personification of Poesia is in hand at a table with a writing spring. She lets her foot rest on a stack of books. The print is part of a seven-part series about the seven liberal arts.

Print made by Caroline Watson, 1760-1814, British, Hon. Mrs. Stanhope as 'Contemplation', 1790. Line engraving, etching, and aquatint (Ham. 1) on moderatey thick, moderately textured, cream, laid paper.

Print, Mary, Countess of Dorset; England; mezzotint

Music woman in oval. Woman with lute

Dupanne, Angelique.

Portret van Emily FitzGerald, James McArdell, after Joshua Reynolds, 1754 print London paper historical persons - BB - woman

Portret van Frances Abington, James Watson (prentmaker), after Joshua Reynolds, 1769 print paper historical persons - BB - woman. mask. statues, sculptures in garden. portrait of actor, actress

Damoreau, Laure Cinthie.

Young woman takes off brodequin Le brodequin, The brodequin Women's garments , print maker: Achille Devéria, (mentioned on object), printer: Joseph Rose Lemercier, (mentioned on object), publisher: Henri Jeannin, (mentioned on object), print maker: Paris, printer: Paris, publisher: Paris, publisher: London, publisher: New York (city), 1831, paper, h 370 mm × w 257 mm

Print made by William Ward, 1766-1826, British, Herself the Fairest Flower, 1815. Mezzotint (proof) on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper.

Howard, Georgiana Lady .

Mary Kent, John Dean, 1754-1798, British, after Sir Joshua Reynolds RA, 1723-1792, British, 1779, Mezzotint

Mrs. Margaret Woffington in the Character of Mrs. Ford in the Merry Wives of Windsor. Dated: 1751. Dimensions: plate: 50.5 x 35.4 cm (19 7/8 x 13 15/16 in.) sheet: 52.2 x 37 cm (20 9/16 x 14 9/16 in.). Medium: mezzotint on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: John Faber II after Edward Haytley.

Portret van Mademoiselle Duclos in de Rol van Ariane, Louis Desplaces, After Nicolas de Largillière, 1714 print Paris paper engraving / etching historical persons. portrait of actor, actress

Print made by David Lucas, 1802-1881, British, The Bride.

Giuseppina Grassini, lover of Napoleon, 1773-1850. Gioseppa Maria Camilla, also known as Josephina Grassini, Italian dramatic contralto and singing teacher, had affairs with Napoleon Bonaparte and the Duke of Wellington. From a painting of her in the role of Zaire by Elizabeth Vigee Le Brun. Mezzotint by Michel Manzi and Maurice Joyant from Frederic Massons Napoleon et les Femmes, Napoleon and the Fair Sex, Goupil, Paris, 1906.

Miss Harriet Powell, Richard Houston, ca. 1721-1775, British, after Sir Joshua Reynolds RA, 1723-1792, British, 1769-1770, Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream, laid paper, Sheet: 20 1/4 × 14 9/16 inches (51.4 × 37 cm), Plate: 19 3/4 × 13 15/16 inches (50.2 × 35.4 cm), and Image: 17 13/16 × 13 7/8 inches (45.2 × 35.2 cm)

Miss Cabben, Valentine Green, 1739-1813, British, after George Willison, 1741-1797, British, active in Italy (1760-1767) and India (1774-80), 1770, Mezzotint (proof before final letters), Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 7/8in. (34.3 x 27.6cm)

Portrait of a woman. Drawing in an oval. Leaf 20 Recto from a sketchbook with 105 sheets.

Paris, Greuze, Jean-Baptiste, Giroux, Charles, A l'amitié, bottom center, Young woman with sheep., print, picture, photos, JB GREUZE PINX. CH. GIROUX. SC, A L'AMITIÉ, L'ART Imp. A. Clément-Paris, height 365 mm, width 305 mm, height 494 mm, width 388 mm, Work conception, French, 1861, after a print by, 1800 - 1900, cardboard, chine collé, lithography (technique), lithographer, 1725-08-21 - 1805-03-21, after, after a painting by, printer

Vertumnus and Pomona, Pieter Anthony Wakkerdak (Possible), After Caspar Netscher, 1740 - 1774 print Vertumnus, the Italian God and protector of gardens and orchards, and Pomona are in a garden. Vertumnus, in the form of an old woman, seduces Pomona. In the background a curtain and an image of Venus. paper Vertumnus and Pomona

Bust of Mary in oval, François Deleu, 1800 - 1899.

Elizabeth Bagot, or Mary, Countess of Falmouth and Dorset, wife of Charles Berkeley, 1st Earl of Falmouth, then Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset , later mistress of King Charles II, one of the Windsor Beauties, 1645-1679. She holds a cannonball on her lap in reference to her first husbands death in the Battle of Lowestoft 1665. Steel engraving by J. Thomson after a portrait by Sir Peter Lely from Mrs Anna Jamesons Memoirs of the Beauties of the Court of King Charles the Second, Henry Coburn, London, 1838.

Mrs. Cross, John Smith, 1652-1743, British, after Thomas Hill, 1661-1734, British, 1700, Mezzotint, Sheet: 12 x 9 1/2in. (30.5 x 24.1cm)

Print made by Bernard Lens, 1659-1725, British, The Paintress, undated. Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper.

Charlotte of Prussia (1798-1860). Empress consort of Russia (1825-1855) as Alexandra Fyodorovna, by marriage to Tsar Nicholas I (1796-1855). Portrait. Drawing by C. Legrand. Lithography by J. Donón. "Reyes Contemporáneos" (Contemporary Kings). Volume III. Published in Madrid, 1854. Author: Julio Donón. Spanish artist active from 1840 to 1880. Luis Carlos Legrand (fl. 1829-1858). Spanish draughtsman and lithographer.

Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria (1801-1873). Queen consort of Prussia (1840-1861) as the wife of King Frederick William IV (1795-1861). Portrait. Drawing by A. Belvedere. Lithography by J. Donon. "Reyes Contemporaneos" (Contemporary Kings). Volume III. Published in Madrid, 1854.

Samuel William Reynolds, 1773-1835, British, Louisa Catherine, Marchioness of Sligo. Mezzotint.

Mary, Queen of Scots returning to Scotland from Calais mid-19th century Ferdinand Delannoy French Vignette with a female allegorical figure and Cupid mourning beneath a stone roundel portrait of Mary set beneath an urn. From an unidentified edition of David Hume's "The History of England," facing page 500. This print lacks the engraver's name in the inscription and is copied after a version of this scene by Robert Cooper, published by Jones and Company on January 1, 1824.. Mary, Queen of Scots returning to Scotland from Calais. Ferdinand Delannoy (French, ca. 1822-1887). mid-19th century. Etching and engraving. Estes and Lauriat (Boston, Massachusetts). Mary, Queen of Scots (British, Linlithgow 1542-1587 Fotheringhay). Prints

Spiering, Karoline free from.

Copper engraving and etching by Justus Chevillet depicting 'The Young Coquette', a female figure in 18th-century attire.

Maria of Moulines, Francesco Bartolozzi RA, 1728-1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764-99), after John H. Benwell, 1762-1785, 1784, Stipple engraving and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 8 1/8 x 6 1/8 inches (20.6 x 15.6 cm), Plate: 5 3/8 x 4 1/8 inches (13.7 x 10.5 cm), and Image: 4 1/8 x 3 1/8 inches (10.5 x 7.9 cm), portrait

A Lady of Fashion with Black Shawl and Red Shoes, John Collet, ca. 1725-1780, British, ca. 1778, Pen, black ink and watercolor on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper mounted to medium, moderately textured, brown laid paper, Sheet: 4 7/8 × 3 1/8 inches (12.4 × 7.9 cm) and Contemporary drawn border: 7 1/8 × 5 1/2 inches (18.1 × 14 cm), lady, portrait, shawl

Miss Catherine Wodhull, Richard Houston, ca. 1721-1775, British, after Johan Joseph Zoffany RA, 1733-1810, German, active in Britain (from 1760), 1772, Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 22 x 16 inches (55.9 x 40.6 cm), Plate: 19 7/8 x 14 inches (50.5 x 35.6 cm), and Image: 19 7/8 x 14 inches (50.5 x 35.6 cm), basket, drapery, dress, flowers (plants), portrait, tree, wall, wall, woman

Young lady in boudoir. Young woman with highly formatted hairstyle and hardly covered neckline, half lying behind a curtain. In oval. (Possible portrait of Belinda Bamfylde)

Shepherdess with lamb in oval, draughtsman: Françoise Jeanne Ridderbosch, 1764 - 1837, parchment (animal material), pen, h 162 mm × w 132 mm

Young woman at a source, Richard Houston, after Philippe Mercier, 1756 print Text in English in the lower margin. London paper 10-20 years. well. water (one of the four elements)

Picture photography: Alexandre Roslin (1718-1793), Portrait of Rozalia née Chodkiewicz Lubomirska (1768-1794), W Asno Kazimierz Lubomirski.; Krieger, Ignacy (Kraków; Photographic Zak 1860-1926); around 1880 (1875-00-00-1885-00-00);Krieger, Amalia (1846-1928)-collection, Lubomirska, Rozalia (1768-1794), Lubomirska, Rozalia (1768-1794)-iconography, plants, Alexandre (1718-1793)-reproduction, painting, Swedish painting, portraits, portraits female, purchase (provenance)

A Young Girl Wearing a Flowered Hat. Dimensions: overall: 26.8 x 17.8 cm (10 9/16 x 7 in.). Medium: red chalk on light beige laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: French 18th Century.

A Shepherdess, Print made by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695-1756, Netherlandish, active in Britain, after Henry Pickering, active 1740-1771, British, undated, Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 14 1/8 × 10 1/8 inches (35.9 × 25.7 cm) and Image: 12 1/4 × 9 3/4 inches (31.1 × 24.8 cm)

Died, Rose.

December, 1670 - 1742 print paper etching / engraving the twelve months (especially personifications); 'Mese in generale' (Ripa). December; 'Decembre' (Ripa). open hearth, fire-place

Portret van William Campbell Skinner, James Watson (prentmaker), after Francis Cotes, 1770 print London paper historical persons. (feigned) picture curtain. boy (child between toddler and youth)

La Tourterelle, Print made by Johann Jacobus Haid, 1704-1767, Johann Elias Haid, 1739-1809, German, undated, Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 21 5/8 × 17 1/4 inches (54.9 × 43.8 cm), Plate: 13 7/8 × 11 inches (35.2 × 27.9 cm), and Image: 12 3/8 × 11 inches (31.4 × 27.9 cm)

Mrs. Robinson as Perdita ca. 1779 Richard Cosway British This lovely young woman seated in a park, fingering a spindle wound with thread and accompanied by her dog, is Mary Robinson. When she performed the role of Perdita in an adaption of Shakespeare's "Winter's Tale," staged by David Garrick in 1779, George, Prince of Wales fell in love with her, and she became his mistress for two years.The artist Cosway enjoyed a long career as a fashionable society portraitist and worked in a range of media. Here he uses watercolor for a small full length image that suggestively links the subject's life on and off the stage--Robinson is seated in an English landscape, but rustic elements of her gown and her spindle refer to her stage identity as Perdita, the adopted daughter of shepherds loved by a prince.. Mrs. Robinson as Perdita 341553

Portrait of Maria Amalia, Qupels van Naples-Sicilia, Johann Martin Bennigeroth, 1738 - 1759 print Leipzig paper etching / engraving historical persons - BB - woman. crown (symbol of sovereignty) - BB - female ruler

Josephine Beauharnais, 1763-1814, Original name Marie-Josephe-Rose-Tascher De La Pagerie, also Josephine Bonaparte. Empress Queen of France and Italy. From ""Histoire de la Revolution Francaise"" by Louis Blanc

Massalska, Helena Apollonia Princess.

Portrait of an unknown woman, sleeping in a chair, James Mcardell, After Philippe Mercier, 1756 print With four -line fresh in English. London paper anonymous historical person portrayed alone - BB - woman. sleeping in chair. needle ~ sewing

Presumed portrait of George Sand Julien Tinayre (1859-1923). "Presumed portrait of George Sand". Print. Paris, museum of romantic life.

Portrait of an unknown young woman with hat and fan, Ben Linnig, 1886 print paper etching / drypoint anonymous historical person portrayed alone - BB - woman. fan

Print made by unknown artist, eighteenth century, May, 1767. Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper.

Portrait of Saskia van Uylenburgh, William Unger, After Rembrandt van Rijn, 1847 - 1932 print print maker: Germanyprinter: Viennapublisher: Vienna paper. ETCHING / ROUCH historical persons - BB - woman

Portrait of Louise de Kerouaille, Louise de Querouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth, French mistress to King Charles II, 1649-1734. Depicted in the guise of a sheperdess, 1671. Steel engraving by Charles Edward Wagstaff after a portrait by Sir Peter Lely from Mrs Anna Jamesons Memoirs of the Beauties of the Court of King Charles the Second, Henry Coburn, London, 1838.

Young woman on a bed, Pieter Schenk (I), 1670 - 1713 print An elegant dressed woman is lying on a bed and smells on a flower. Next to the bed is a smoke incense. Amsterdam paper bed. cut flowers; nosegay, bunch of flowers. smell, smelling (one of the five senses)

Portrait of Marie Jacqueline Levesque as Milady Adermale in the melodrama Le Remords M.me Levesque Portraits of actors of Parisian theaters , print maker: Alexandre Marie Colin, (mentioned on object), printer: Charles Etienne Pierre Motte, (mentioned on object), publisher: Francisique Noël (et Cie.), (mentioned on object), Paris, 1823 - 1824, paper, h 422 mm × w 289 mm

Saint Cecilia. Stipple engraving by J.M. Delattre after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino.

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Portrait of Mrs. Henry Inman. Henry Inman; American, 1801-1846. Date: 1831. Dimensions: 254 x 200 mm. Lithograph on paper. Origin: United States. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Portrait of a lady, Henricus Wilhelmus Couwenberg, 1824 - 1845, Design for a print., draughtsman: Henricus Wilhelmus Couwenberg, 1824 - 1845, paper, h 120 mm × w 95 mm

Marie Antoinette, A, Dombi, Artist, Angerer , Göschl, Realization

Mrs. Blake as Juno, Print made by John Dixon, ca. 1740-1811, Irish, after Sir Joshua Reynolds RA, 1723-1792, British, 1771, Mezzotint (third state) on medium, slightly textured, cream paper mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper, Mount: 26 1/2 × 18 1/4 inches (67.3 × 46.4 cm), Sheet: 24 1/2 × 16 1/4 inches (62.2 × 41.3 cm), and Image: 24 1/8 × 15 5/8 inches (61.3 × 39.7 cm), beads, birds, braids, clouds, goddess, heaven, peacock (bird), portrait, religious and mythological subject, robes, sky, stola

Portret van Elizabeth Smith-Stanley, William Dickinson, after Joshua Reynolds, 1780 print London paper historical persons - BB - woman. English or landscape garden. garland, wreath. ornamental birds: parrot

Print made by James Watson, 1740-1790, British, Miss Julia Bosville, 1775. Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream, laid papaer.

Saint Cecilia. Engraving A.H. Payne after Sir P.P. Rubens.

Bart, Jean.

Architecture, Jacob Gole, 1670 - 1724 print The personification of Architectura (Architecture) is on a Corinthian capital and holds a model of a building in the hands. The print is part of a seven -part series about the Seven Free Arts. Amsterdam paper engraving 'Architectura', symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ architecture; 'Architettura' (Ripa)

Koch, Esther Charlotte .

Young woman in messy interior, Pierre Etienne Moitte, after Jean -Baptiste Greuze, 1757 - 1780 print Paris paper engraving / etching Sluggishness, Inertia; 'Dapocaggine', 'Pigritia' (Ripa). breasts. Disorder, Confusion, Derangement, Disorganization, Chaos

Mr. Dimond and Miss Wallis in the Characters of Romeo and Juliet. Artist: After Charles Shirreff (British, Edinburgh ca. 1750-ca. 1831 Bath). Dimensions: image: 7 5/16 x 5 5/16 in. (18.6 x 13.5 cm)plate: 9 7/8 x 7 15/16 in. (25.1 x 20.2 cm)sheet: 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm). Engraver: Francesco Bartolozzi (Italian, Florence 1728-1815 Lisbon). Publisher: Charles Shirreff (British, Edinburgh ca. 1750-ca. 1831 Bath). Sitter: William Wyatt Dimond (British, ca. 1750-1812 Bath); Jane Tryphosa Wallis (British, Richmond, Yorkshire 1774-1848). Subject: William Shakespeare (British, Stratford-upon-Avon 1564-1616 Stratford-upon-Avon). Date: May 1, 1796.The eighteenth-century actors William Wyatt Dimond and Jane Tryphosa Wallis appear here as Romeo and Juliet, outside the tomb of the Capulets, where the action of Shakespeare's play will tragically conclude. After the two marry secretly, Romeo will kill Mercutio, be banished, and Juliet forced by her parents to accept the hand of Paris. To avoid that co

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