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Mrs. Billington as St. Cecilia

1803
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Mrs. Billington as St. Cecilia
  • Engraver: Benedetto Pastorini (Italian, ca. 1740–1806)
  • Artist: After Sir Joshua Reynolds (British, Plympton 1723–1792 London)
  • Publisher: Anthony Molteno (British, died 1845)
  • Publisher: Francesco Bartolozzi (Italian, Florence 1728–1815 Lisbon)
  • Sitter: Elizabeth Billington (British, 1765–1818)
  • Date: 1803
  • Medium: Stipple engraving and etching
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 25 in. × 18 11/16 in. (63.5 × 47.5 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gertrude and Thomas Jefferson Mumford Collection, Gift of Dorothy Quick Mayer, 1942
  • Object Number: 42.119.135
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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