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Engraver Joseph Collyer British
After John Downman British, Welsh
Sitter Elizabeth Farren, Countess of Derby Irish
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Portrait of the actress looking to the right within an oval. She wears a white dress with a ruffled collar tied with a ribbon, and a sash around her waist.
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Title: Elizabeth Farren
Engraver:
Joseph Collyer (British, London 1748–1827 London)
Artist:
After John Downman (British, Eynesbury, Huntingdonshire 1749–1824 Wrexham, Wales)
Sitter:
Elizabeth Farren, Countess of Derby (Irish, 1759?–1829)
Date: February 14, 1788
Medium: Stipple engraving, brown ink
Dimensions:
image: 7 11/16 x 6 5/16 in. (19.5 x 16 cm)
plate: 10 7/8 x 8 7/16 in. (27.6 x 21.4 cm)
sheet: 12 x 9 1/16 in. (30.5 x 23 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession Number: 17.3.994
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