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John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811, Irish, Nelly O'Brien (Lady Mary O'Brien), 1774
- Title:
Nelly O'Brien (Lady Mary O'Brien)
- Date:
- 1774
- Medium:
- Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 19 13/16 × 13 7/8 inches (50.4 × 35.3 cm), Image: 18 × 13 7/8 inches (45.7 × 35.3 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, on back, lower center: "Lady Mary O'Brien | (Nelly O'Brien)"
Collector's mark: Paul Mellon
Lettered, lower left: "Joshua Reynolds Esques, Pinxt"; lower center: "Ryland Excudit. | Publish'd Sepr 29, 1774, by W. Wynne Ryland, LONDON."; lower right: "J. Dixon, Fecit."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.12918
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- braids | cape | cloak | drapery | dress | embroidery | hair | mantle | noblewoman | portrait | profile | sitting | solemn | tassel | thoughtful | urn | woman
- Associated Places:
- Europe | Orkney | Scotland | United Kingdom
- Associated People:
- O'Brien, Mary, 3rd Countess of Orkney (1755–1831)
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:38599
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