Maria Countess of Coventry.
[Painted by F. Cotes.]
[n.d., c.1755.]
Mezzotint, 325 x 225mm (12¾ x 9"). Trimmed to plate. Mounted on album paper at corners, blind stamp in inscription area.
A fantastically rich impression of this portrait of Maria (Gunning), Countess of Coventry (1733 - 1760). A famous beauty, she was the first wife of George Coventry, 6th Earl of Coventry. She died at 27 from lead and mercury poisoning, absorbed from her makeup. After Francis Cotes (1726 - 1770), by an anonymous engraver.
Not in CS. NPG D2507; ex. collection of J. Milne-Cooper (L.1816c)
[Ref: 9220] £330.00
[n.d., c.1755.]
Mezzotint, 325 x 225mm (12¾ x 9"). Trimmed to plate. Mounted on album paper at corners, blind stamp in inscription area.
A fantastically rich impression of this portrait of Maria (Gunning), Countess of Coventry (1733 - 1760). A famous beauty, she was the first wife of George Coventry, 6th Earl of Coventry. She died at 27 from lead and mercury poisoning, absorbed from her makeup. After Francis Cotes (1726 - 1770), by an anonymous engraver.
Not in CS. NPG D2507; ex. collection of J. Milne-Cooper (L.1816c)
[Ref: 9220] £330.00