Print made by Valentine Green, 1739–1813, British, Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire as 'Cynthia', 1783
- Title:
- Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire as 'Cynthia'
- Date:
- 1783
- Materials & Techniques:
- Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 25 9/16 × 16 5/16 inches (65 × 41.5 cm), Plate: 24 11/16 × 15 1/16 inches (62.7 × 38.2 cm), Image: 23 3/4 × 15 1/16 inches (60.3 × 38.2 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, lower left: "#8 | 7407"; lower right: "446"
Lettered below image, lower left: "Painted by Maria Cosway" ; lower right: "Engraved by V. Green, Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty, and to the Elector Palatine."; below, center: "Published Janry. 1st 1783, by V. Green No. 29, Newman Street, Oxford Street,London."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1970.3.496
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- clouds | crescent moons | crown | dress | moon | night | portrait | religious and mythological subject | sash | stars
- Associated People:
- Diana
Artemis
Cavendish [née Spencer], Georgiana, duchess of Devonshire (1757–1806), political hostess - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:22184
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Two Extraordinary Women : The Lives and Art of Maria Cosway (1760-1838) and Mary Darby Robinson (1757-1800) (The Fralin Museum of Art, University of Virginia, 2016-01-29 - 2016-05-01) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
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