The Right Hon.ble Frances Lady Byron.
W. Hogarth pinx.t. J. Faber fecit 1736.
Printed for Tho,, Bowles in S.t Pauls Church Yard, & Jn.o Bowles & Son, at the Black Horse in Cornhill [n.d., c.1750].
Mezzotint. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Cockled in corners where laid down in corners.
A three-quarter portrait of Lady Frances Byron (née Berkeley, 1703-57), married at 17 to the 51-year-old William, 4th Baron Byron, with whom she bore six children. She was one of 21 women of influence who signed Thomas Coram's petition of 1729, which led to the foundation of the Foundling Hospital. Her great-grandson was Lord Byron, the poet.
CS 54, unlisted state after ii of ii, Not listed in Paulson. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68549] £220.00
Printed for Tho,, Bowles in S.t Pauls Church Yard, & Jn.o Bowles & Son, at the Black Horse in Cornhill [n.d., c.1750].
Mezzotint. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Cockled in corners where laid down in corners.
A three-quarter portrait of Lady Frances Byron (née Berkeley, 1703-57), married at 17 to the 51-year-old William, 4th Baron Byron, with whom she bore six children. She was one of 21 women of influence who signed Thomas Coram's petition of 1729, which led to the foundation of the Foundling Hospital. Her great-grandson was Lord Byron, the poet.
CS 54, unlisted state after ii of ii, Not listed in Paulson. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68549] £220.00