Lady Fortescue
McArdell's print is based on a portrait that Reynolds began in 1757. Lady Fortescue is shown almost whole length, wearing a satin dress fastened with jeweled clasps, and a veil adorned with pearls. Seated in a landscape, her right elbow rests on a large stone, with foliage at left and a tree behind at right.
Artwork Details
- Title: Lady Fortescue
- Engraver: James McArdell (Irish, Dublin 1729–1765 London)
- Artist: After Sir Joshua Reynolds (British, Plympton 1723–1792 London)
- Sitter: Ann Fortescue (neé Campbell), Lady Fortescue (British, ca. 1728–1812)
- Date: 1757
- Medium: Mezzotint; fourth state of four (Goodwin)
- Dimensions: Plate: 14 5/8 × 10 3/8 in. (37.1 × 26.4 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gertrude and Thomas Jefferson Mumford Collection, Gift of Dorothy Quick Mayer, 1942
- Object Number: 42.119.177
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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