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Portrait of the Right Honorable Maria, Countess of Coventry

CultureIrish
Titles
  • Portrait of the Right Honorable Maria, Countess of Coventry
Dateca. 1748-1763
MediumMezzotint on laid paper
DimensionsPlate: 16 1/2 × 12 1/16 in. (41.9 × 30.6 cm)
Sheet: 17 15/16 × 13 3/4 in. (45.5 × 35 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Dr. Dena M. Woodall in honor of Christine Gervais
Object number2022.269
Non exposé

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Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist, 18th century; unknown collector (see collector’s stamp, not in Lugt)1; Susan Schulman Fine Art, Inc., New York] as of 2021-2022; purchased by MFAH, 2022.

1 [not in Lugt]

Exhibition HistoryNone known
Published References None known. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Inscribed on plate, centered below image: The Right Honble Maria Countess of Coventry
Recto: Inscribed on plate, bottom left corner: J.M. Liotard Pinxit.
Recto: Inscribed on plate, bottom right corner: R. Houston fecit.
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, right bottom edge: C H[?]
Verso: Inscribed in red, upper left edge: [illegible]
Verso: Stamped, lower center: partial blue ovoid design
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, lower center: ( us02) 6 :he
Verso: Stamped in blue, lower center: Annule

None known
Catalogue raisonnéRussell 31; Chaloner Smith 31

Cataloguing data may change with further research.

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