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Title: Miss Lydia Hone – "Her beauty hangs on the Cheek of Night, like a rich Jewel in an Ethiop's Ear"
Engraver:
John Raphael Smith (British, baptized Derby 1751–1812 Doncaster)
Artist:
After Nathaniel Hone (Irish, Dublin 1718–1784 London)
Publisher:
R. Marshall (London)
Sitter:
Lydia Hone (British, 1758–1773)
Subject:
William Shakespeare (British, Stratford-upon-Avon 1564–1616 Stratford-upon-Avon)
Date: November 30, 1771
Medium: Mezzotint; third state of three
Dimensions:
Plate: 13 11/16 × 9 11/16 in. (34.8 × 24.6 cm)
Sheet: 14 3/16 × 10 3/16 in. (36 × 25.9 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Georgiana W. Sargent, in memory of John Osborne Sargent, 1924
Accession Number: 24.63.320
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