Print made by Valentine Green, 1739–1813, British, Viscountess Townshend, 1780
- Title:
- Viscountess Townshend
- Date:
- 1780
- Materials & Techniques:
- Mezzotint (first state) on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 25 × 16 inches (63.5 × 40.6 cm), Plate: 24 3/4 × 15 1/4 inches (62.9 × 38.7 cm), Image: 23 5/8 × 15 1/8 inches (60 × 38.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "123"; lower right: "Lady Townshend"; inscribed on verso in graphite, upper right: "29x19|6"; lower left: "[...] | S"; lower right: "Lady Townshend | Proof | 1 -5 - 0"
Lettered below image, lower left: "Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds."; lower center: "Engraved by V Green, Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty & to the Elector Palatine | Published Dec.r. 1st 1780 by V Green, No. 29 Newman Street, Oxford Street."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1970.3.269
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Associated People:
- Townshend [née Harrison], Etheldreda [Audrey], Viscountess Townshend (1708–1788), society hostess
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:21757
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