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Elizabeth Farren

Engraver Joseph Collyer British
After John Downman British, Welsh
February 14, 1788
Not on view
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

Object Information
  • 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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