Francis Cotes "Mrs York" mezotinta veche 1769

Mrs,, York

• Object type

  • print

• Museum number

  2010,7081.2570

• Title (object)

  • Mrs,, York

• Description

  Portrait; three-quarters length standing to left, looking away to right, left hand on her hip, right resiting on a large vase, wearing a simple gown which is taken up at her hip, with a jewelled belt, her hair dressed up with jewels; pillar and curtain to left and circular frame behind to right; after Cotes. 1769
  Mezzotint

• Producer name

  • Published by: John Boydell 
  • After: Francis Cotes 
  • Print made by: Valentine Green 

• School/style

  • British

• Date

  • 1769

• Production place

  • Published in: London 
  • (Europe,British Isles,England,London)

• Materials

  • paper

• Technique

  • mezzotint 

• Inscriptions

  • • Inscription Content

      Lettered below the image with the title and 'J. Boydell excudit // F,, Cotes Pinxit. // Val. Green Fecit. // Published Jan.y 2d. 1769.'

• Curator's comments

  The state described by Whitman and Chaloner Smith is before the title.

• Bibliography

  • Whitman 144 (undescribed state) 
  • Chaloner Smith 144 (undescribed state) 

• Location

  British XVIIIc Unmounted Roy

• Associated names

  • Portrait of: Agneta Yorke 

• Acquisition name

  • With contribution from: British Museum Friends 
  • With contribution from: National Heritage Memorial Fund 
  • With contribution from: The Art Fund 
  •  With contribution from: Friends of Prints and Drawings 
  • With contribution from: Mrs Charles Wrightsman 
  • With contribution from: Michael Marks Charitable Trust 
  • Purchased from: Hon Christopher Lennox-Boyd 

• Acquisition date

  2010

• Acquisition notes

  Acquired with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, the Friends of the British Museum, the Art Fund, Mrs Charles Wrightsman, the Michael Marks Charitable Trust, and numerous individual donors.

• Department

  Prints & Drawings

• Registration number

  2010,7081.2570