[Lady Helena Oakeley] Miss Beatson.
C. Read pinx.t. Eliz.th Judkins fecit. [British, n.d., 1770.] Mezzotint, 18th century watermark; verso in pencil on bottom Hackney Coll.; 355 x 255 (14 x 10") very large margins. Time stained. Hinged at top on mount. A portrait of Helena Beatson (d.1839), as a child; with a spaniel, leaning on chair back wearing pale, plain dress and cap. She was the niece of Catherine Read (1723-78)., who painted this portrait, and became skilled amateur painter herself, known under her married name of Lady Helena Oakeley. The engraver, Elizabeth Judkins, was sister-in-law to mezzotinter James Watson. CS 2, i of ii.
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