Elizabeth Farren
Portrait of the actress looking to the right within an oval. She wears a white dress with a ruffled collar tied with a ribbon, and a sash around her waist.
Artwork Details
- Title: Elizabeth Farren
- Engraver: Joseph Collyer (British, London 1748–1827 London)
- Artist: After John Downman (British, Eynesbury, Huntingdonshire 1749–1824 Wrexham, Wales)
- Sitter: Elizabeth Farren, Countess of Derby (Irish, 1759?–1829)
- Date: February 14, 1788
- Medium: Stipple engraving, brown ink
- Dimensions: image: 7 11/16 x 6 5/16 in. (19.5 x 16 cm)
plate: 10 7/8 x 8 7/16 in. (27.6 x 21.4 cm)
sheet: 12 x 9 1/16 in. (30.5 x 23 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
- Object Number: 17.3.994
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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