Mary 'Perdita' Robinson
John Raphael Smith, English, 1752 - 1812
after George Romney, English, 1734 - 1802
1781
Mezzotint
Image: 13 3/8 × 9 1/4 in. (34 × 23.5 cm)
Frame: 18 3/4 × 14 3/4 in. (47.6 × 37.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Katherine W. Hart in honor of Angela Rosenthal, Associate Professor of Art History, Dartmouth College, 1997-2010
2011.24
Geography
Place Made: England, United Kingdom, Europe
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
In plate, below image, left, in script: Painted by G. Romney; in plate, below image, right, in script: Engrav'd by J'' ['' subscript] R. Smith; in plate, below image, bottom center, in script: Mrs" [rs superscript, " subscript] Robinson / London Published August 25th [th superscript] by J'' ['' subscript] R. Smith No''83 [o superscript, '' subscript] opposite the Pantheon, Oxford Street.
Course History
ENGL 22, Rise of the Novel, Alysia Garrison, Spring 2019
Exhibition History
A Space for Dialogue 66, The Illusions of Eighteenth-Century European Portraiture, Courtney Chapel, Class of 2011, The Homma Family Intern, Main Lobby, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 8-March 11 2011.
Publication History
Courtney Chapel, A Space For Dialogue 66, The Illusions of Eighteenth-Century European Portraiture, Hanover, New Hampshire: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, 2011, ill. p. 3.
Provenance
Katherine W. Hart, Lebanon, New Hamsphire; given to present collection, 2011.
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