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Print made by Thomas Watson, 1743–1781, British, The Honourable Mrs. Beresford with the Marchioness Townshend and the Hon. Mrs. Gardiner Adoring a Term of Hymen, 1776
- Title:
The Honourable Mrs. Beresford with the Marchioness Townshend and the Hon. Mrs. Gardiner Adoring a Term of Hymen
- Date:
- 1776
- Medium:
- Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 23 3/16 × 28 1/2 inches (58.9 × 72.4 cm), Plate: 22 3/16 × 27 1/8 inches (56.4 × 68.9 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "The Honble. Mrs. Beresford"; lower center: "The Marchss. Townshend"; lower right: " The Honble. Mrs. Gardner."
Collector's mark: Walter Francis Duke of Buccleuch (Lugt 402)
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1970.3.70
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- decorating | dresses | flowers (plants) | garlands | goddess | marchioness | religious and mythological subject | sisters | sky | statue | Term | trees | women
- Associated People:
- Hymen (god of marriage)
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:21961
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