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Sarah, Countess of Essex

1816
Not on view
Half-length portrait of the artist Sarah Capell-Coningsby (née Bazett), Countess of Essex, facing towards the left.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Sarah, Countess of Essex
  • Artist: Charles Turner (British, Woodstock, Oxfordshire 1774–1857 London)
  • Artist: after Robert Fagan
  • Date: 1816
  • Medium: Mezzotint
  • Dimensions: Image: 10 3/4 × 8 15/16 in. (27.3 × 22.7 cm)
    Sheet (trimmed within plate): 11 3/8 × 9 3/8 in. (28.9 × 23.8 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gertrude and Thomas Jefferson Mumford Collection, Gift of Dorothy Quick Mayer, 1942
  • Object Number: 42.119.208
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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