Artist
Gainsborough Dupont(English, 1754–1797)English, 1754–1797
Afterafter
Thomas Gainsborough(British, 1727–1788)British, 1727–1788
PublisherPublished by
Gainsborough Dupont(London)English, 1754–1797
CultureEnglish
Titles
- Charlotte Queen of Great Britain
Date1790
Printed inLondon, England
MediumMezzotint with engraving on laid paper
DimensionsImage: 23 1/4 × 14 1/2 in. (59.1 × 36.8 cm)
Plate: 24 5/8 × 14 15/16 in. (62.5 × 38 cm)
Sheet: 25 1/16 × 15 3/8 in. (63.7 × 39 cm)
Plate: 24 5/8 × 14 15/16 in. (62.5 × 38 cm)
Sheet: 25 1/16 × 15 3/8 in. (63.7 × 39 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, museum purchase funded by Francita Stuart Koelsch Ulmer in memory of Frances Wells Stuart
Object numberB.2018.4
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Chippendale Bedroom
On view
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Provenance[Isaac and Ede, London], by 2017; purchased by MFAH, 2018.
Exhibition History"Radicals and Revolutionaries: America's Founding Fathers," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 10–May 28, 2018.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below image left: Thos. Gainsborough, Esqr. R.A. Pinxit.
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below image center: CHARLOTTE QUEEN OF GREAT BRITAIN &c. &c. &c. / Publish'd June 4, 1790, by Gainsborough Dupont, Nᵒ. 87, Pall Mall, London
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below image right: Gainsborough Dupont, Sculpᵗ.
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below image center: CHARLOTTE QUEEN OF GREAT BRITAIN &c. &c. &c. / Publish'd June 4, 1790, by Gainsborough Dupont, Nᵒ. 87, Pall Mall, London
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below image right: Gainsborough Dupont, Sculpᵗ.
No visible watermark under raking light; not possible to examine with transmitted light at time of report
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