Richard Houston
Portrait of the Right Honorable Maria, Countess of Coventry

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Artist Richard Houston (Irish, 1721–775)Irish, 1721–775

Afterafter Jean-Étienne Liotard (Swiss, 1702–1789)Swiss, 1702–1789

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

Not on view

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Department

Prints and Drawings

Object Type

PRINTS

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
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

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