The Mantilla

January 1, 1838
Not on view
A young woman, Mrs Lister (later Lady Lewis), at a window, wearing a black mantilla and fanning herself, looking below to the right.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Mantilla
  • Artist: After Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (British, London 1802–1873 London)
  • Engraver: John Henry Robinson (British, Bolton, Lancashire 1796–1871 Petworth, Sussex)
  • Publisher: Francis Graham Moon (British, London 1796–1871 Brighton)
  • Printer: McQueen & Co. (London)
  • Sitter: Lady Maria Theresa Lewis (British, 1803–1865)
  • Date: January 1, 1838
  • Medium: Etching and engraving on chine collé
  • Dimensions: Plate: 18 1/8 × 12 15/16 in. (46 × 32.9 cm)
    Sheet: 26 15/16 × 19 5/8 in. (68.5 × 49.9 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
  • Object Number: 59.600.258
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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