Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by John Jones.
London, Published According to Act March 23 1784, by J. Jones, No 63 Great Portland Street [but later].
Mezzotint. 380 x 280mm (15 x 11"). Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
A half-length portrait of actress Frances Kemble (1759-1822), wearing a dark dress with white frill, mountainous scenery behind. The title is on a scroll held aloft by cherubs. The younger sister of Sarah Siddons, Kemble married a Shakespeare scholar, Francis Twiss. From 1807 she ran a girls' school in Bath.
CS 42.
[Ref: 50434]  £140.00