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Print, Lady Leicester, Represented as Hope

This is a Print. It is dated 1823 and we acquired it in 1951. Its medium is stipple engraving and etching. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of Katherine Strong Welman.

Its dimensions are

H x W (approx.): 59.8 × 37.9 cm (23 9/16 × 14 15/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Lettered below image with title, note on the painting and verse from Spencer's Faerie Queene over seven lines and production detail: "Painted by Sir Thos. Lawrence Principal Painter to His Majesty President of the Royal Academy &c &c", "Engraved by Henry Meyer 3 Red Lion Square Bloomsbury", with publication line: "London, Published June 13, 1823, for the Proprietor by Henry Meyer, 3 Red Lion Sqr.", in lower right corner: "Proof"

Cite this object as

Print, Lady Leicester, Represented as Hope; stipple engraving and etching; H x W (approx.): 59.8 × 37.9 cm (23 9/16 × 14 15/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of Katherine Strong Welman; 1950-97-1-b

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