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Elizabeth Cecil, Countess of Devonshire. ob. 1689. Beautiful engraving c1829.

Elizabeth Cecil, Countess of Devonshire. ob. 1689. Beautiful engraving c1829.

by Wright, Thomas

Countess of Devonshire portrait  after Van Dyke in the collection of The Right Honourable The Earl of Egremont.

Exquisite portrait engraving c1829 with fine later hand-colour. Stipple on steel engraved by Thomas Wright (1792-1849), for the "English Beauties" series of engravings by various artists, including Thomas Wright, C.E. Wagstaff, B. Hall, James Thomson, John Cochran, S. Freeman, T.A. Deane - all eminent portrait engravers of the period. Published in London circa 1829 by Harding & Lepard, Pall Mall East.

Page size is 260 x 180mm (approximately 10.25 x 7 inches). Engraving measures approx. 123 x 97mm (4 3/4 x 7 7/8 inches). While the engraving is beautifully hand-coloured and is in good condition, the page is not, with waterstaining and foxing.

Stock Number: apPor24Price: $80.00

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