THE AMAZON(PORTRAIT OF PRINCESS HELENA.) c.1854

Engraving with Etching | 45.2 x 32.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 606069

Thomas Vernon (1825-72)

THE AMAZON (PORTRAIT OF PRINCESS HELENA. ) c.1854

Description

Engraving with etching of Princess Helena as princess. Bust length as an infant dressed as an Amazon, with helmet, curled hair, loose robe, and holding a shield. Circular portrait, with English inscription below, including publisher's address, 'PUBLISHERS; P&D COLNAGHI & C^o. LONDON: AGNEW & SONS, MANCHESTER.' Second state, for first state see RCIN 606068. Plate from R. S. Hall's Royal Gallery of Art (1854).
People involved

Creator(s)

Search the collection Thomas Vernon (1825-72)
(engraver)

After
Search the collection Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805-73)
(artist)

Search the collection P & D Colnaghi : 13/14, Pall Mall East.
(publisher)

Search the collection T Agnew & Sons : Manchester
(publisher)

Subject(s)

Search the collection Princess Helena (1846-1923)
Physical properties

Medium and techniques

Engraving with Etching

engraving with etching

Measurements

45.2 x 32.6 cm (sheet of paper)

20.8 x 20.8 cm (image)
Groupings
Category
Prints
Object type(s)
visual works
prints
References

Other number(s)

O'D : O'Donoghue, F., 1908. Engraved British Portraits Preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum. Volume I-V, London – O'D (Princess Helena) 5