CHARLOTTE QUEEN OF GREAT BRITAIN &c. &c. &c. 1790

Mezzotint | 63.3 x 38.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 630068

Gainsborough Dupont (1754-97)

CHARLOTTE QUEEN OF GREAT BRITAIN &c. &c. &c 1790

Description

Mezzotint of Queen Charlotte as queen. Whole length with headdress, pearl earrings and necklace, frilled bodice, and full skirt. Standing with hands at waist, holding a fan in right hand. With a small spaniel at feet, drapery behind and with a view of a garden in the background. With English inscription below, including publisher's address, 'Publish'd June 4: 1790, by Gainsborough Dupont, No 87, Pall Mall London.' Third state with filled letters, for another impression see RCIN 604635 and for second see RCIN 604634.
People involved

Creator(s)

Search the collection Gainsborough Dupont (1754-97)
(mezzotinter)

After
Search the collection Thomas Gainsborough (1727-88)
(artist)

Search the collection Gainsborough Dupont : 87 Pall Mall, London
(publisher)

Subject(s)

Search the collection View the person page Queen Charlotte of the United Kingdom (1744-1818)
Physical properties

Medium and techniques

Mezzotint

mezzotint

Measurements

63.3 x 38.2 cm (sheet of paper)

63.0 x 37.8 cm (platemark)

39.8 x 37.7 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 (Charlotte Sophia) 27

JCS : British Mezzotinto Portraits / by John Chaloner Smith, London 1884 – JCS I, p.238: 2