Elizabeth Cecil, Countess of Devonshire. ob. 1689. Beautiful engraving c1829.

$80.00

Countess of Devonshire portrait  after Van Dyke in the collection of The Right Honourable The Earl of Egremont.

Exquisite portrait engraving c1829 with fine later hand-colour. Stipple on steel engraved by Thomas Wright (1792-1849), for the "English Beauties" series of engravings by various artists, including Thomas Wright, C.E. Wagstaff, B. Hall, James Thomson, John Cochran, S. Freeman, T.A. Deane – all eminent portrait engravers of the period. Published in London circa 1829 by Harding & Lepard, Pall Mall East.

Page size is 260 x 180mm (approximately 10.25 x 7 inches). Engraving measures approx. 123 x 97mm (4 3/4 x 7 7/8 inches). While the engraving is beautifully hand-coloured and is in good condition, the page is not, with waterstaining and foxing.

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