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Print made by Caroline Watson, 1760–1814, British, Contemplation, 1790
- Title:
Contemplation
- Additional Title(s):
Portrait of Mrs. Elizabeth Stanhope
- Part Of:
Collective Title: Iconographie Anglaise par Reynolds et Autres
- Date:
- 1790
- Medium:
- Stipple engraving, mezzotint, etching, and aquatint on moderately thick, slightly textured, laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 13 7/8 × 11 1/4 inches (35.2 × 28.6 cm), Image: 10 3/8 × 8 5/16 inches (26.4 × 21.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower center: "The Honble Mrs Stanhope"; lower right: "Vol.6.P.317"
Lettered, lower left: "Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds"; lettered, lower right: "Engraved by Car.Watson, | Engraver to her Majesty."; lettered, lower center: CONTEMPLATION. | Publish'd Jan.1st.1790, by John & Josiah Boydell, Cheapside at the Shakespeare Gallery, Pall Mall London"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.10252
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:26309
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