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Francis Chesham
1749-1806
Duchess of Kingston : as she appeared at the Venetian Ambassador's ball in Somerset House / Gainsborough pinxt ; F. Chesham sculp.
[England : publisher not identified, 1788?]
engraving with stipple
image: 132 x 79; sheet: 154 x 81 mm
Peel 1744
Notes
Title from item.
Print appeared as a frontispiece plate in: An authentic detail of particulars relative to the late Duchess of Kingston. New edition. London : G. Kearsley, 1788.
Print appeared as a frontispiece plate in: An authentic detail of particulars relative to the late Duchess of Kingston. New edition. London : G. Kearsley, 1788.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
Portrait of Elizabeth Chudleigh as she appeared, notoriously costumed as Iphigenia, at the Venetian Ambassador's ball in Somerset House in 1749; here shown standing full length beside a smoking altar (left), facing the front, naked to the waist, with armlets and a thin veil floating over her shoulders.
Associated names
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727-1788, artist.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints
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