Julia Floyd, Lady Peel (1795-1859) (after Sir Thomas Lawrence)
Edward Gilbert Hester (c.1843 – St Albans 1903)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1911
Materials
Paper, wood, glass
Measurements
359 mm (H)278 mm (W)156 mm (H)118 mm (W)
Place of origin
Chancery Lane
Order this imageCollection
Kingston Lacy Estate, Dorset
NT 1252019
Summary
Set of ten prints, mezzotint engravings, in gilt ribbon frames. Julia Floyd, Lady Peel (1795-1859) (after Sir Thomas Lawrence) by Edward Gilbert Hester (c.1843 – St Albans 1903). Lady Hamilton at the Spinning Wheel (after George Romney), Lady Anne Bingham (1767-1840) (after Sir Joshua Reynolds), by E.M. Hester, Catherine More, Lady Chambers (d.1797) (after Sir Joshua Reynolds), by E.M. Hester, Emma Hart, Lady Hamilton (c.1765 – 1815) as Nature (after George Romney), Rosamund Hester Elizabeth Croker, Mrs George Barrow (1810-1906) (after Sir Thomas Lawrence), by E. M. Hester, The Salad Girl (after John Hoppner), Mary Darby, Mrs Thomas Robinson, ‘Perdita’ (1758-1800), Miss Byng (after John Hoppner), Lady Charlotte Maria Waldegrave, Countess of Euston (1761-1808) (after John Hoppner).
Marks and inscriptions
'LADY PEEL' / PURE MEZZOTINT / BY / E.M. HESTER / AFTER / SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE, P.R.A. / (short line) / Edition stricktly limited to 500 signed Artist's proofs. / Plate destroyed (printed explanation - title in red and last two lines in italics - on white label, on reverse)
Makers and roles
Edward Gilbert Hester (c.1843 – St Albans 1903), engraver (printmaker) Sir Thomas Lawrence, PRA (Bristol 1769 – London 1830), original artist F. J. Dennis (fl. c. 1912 - 1916), engraver and publisher