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[Jane Hyde] The Right Hon.ble the Countess of Clarendon.
G. Kneller Bar.t Pinx. J. Faber Fecit.
London Printed for & Sold by Rob.t Sayer at the Golden Buck opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street ~ & Jnº King at the Globe in Poultrey. [n.d., c.1750.]
Mezzotint, 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"), with large margins. On 18th century watermarked paper.
A portrait of Jane Hyde (née Leveson-Gower, 1669-1725), wife of Henry Hyde, 4th Earl of Clarendon, on a balcony, leaning against the balustrade. She was a Lady of the Bedchamber at the court of Queen Anne. It was issued in 'The Hampton Court Beauties', a series of twelve portraits of the ladies of the court of William and Mary after Sir Godfrey Kneller, plus a frontispiece portrait of the artist. This example was published after the plates were cut down. The original 'Beauties' were eight paintings commissioned by Mary II, depicting her attendants (unlike the 'Windsors Beauties', most of whom were the mistresses of Charles II), which still hang in William III's state rooms. The engraved series was expanded to show twelve ladies, including this portrait and the queen herself.
CS 28, ii of ii (addenda). Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67904] £240.00
London Printed for & Sold by Rob.t Sayer at the Golden Buck opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street ~ & Jnº King at the Globe in Poultrey. [n.d., c.1750.]
Mezzotint, 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"), with large margins. On 18th century watermarked paper.
A portrait of Jane Hyde (née Leveson-Gower, 1669-1725), wife of Henry Hyde, 4th Earl of Clarendon, on a balcony, leaning against the balustrade. She was a Lady of the Bedchamber at the court of Queen Anne. It was issued in 'The Hampton Court Beauties', a series of twelve portraits of the ladies of the court of William and Mary after Sir Godfrey Kneller, plus a frontispiece portrait of the artist. This example was published after the plates were cut down. The original 'Beauties' were eight paintings commissioned by Mary II, depicting her attendants (unlike the 'Windsors Beauties', most of whom were the mistresses of Charles II), which still hang in William III's state rooms. The engraved series was expanded to show twelve ladies, including this portrait and the queen herself.
CS 28, ii of ii (addenda). Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67904] £240.00