Lady Anne Bingham (1767-1840) (after Sir Joshua Reynolds)
Edward Gilbert Hester (c.1843 – St Albans 1903)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1912
Materials
Paper, wood, glass
Measurements
365 mm (H); 280 mm (W); 157 mm (H); 118 mm (W)
Place of origin
Chancery Lane
Order this imageCollection
Kingston Lacy Estate, Dorset
NT 1252019.3
Summary
Print, mezzotint, Lady Anne Bingham (1767-1840) (after Sir Joshua Reynolds) by Edward Gilbert Hester (c.1843 – St Albans 1903). One of a set of ten mezzotint engravings.
Provenance
By descent until bequeathed by (Henry John) Ralph Bankes (1902 – 1981) to the National Trust, together with the estates of Corfe Castle and Kingston Lacy and its entire contents in 1981
Marks and inscriptions
'temp unknown' / PURE MEZZOTINT / BY / E.M. HESTER / AFTER / temp unknown / (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) after Sir Joshua Reynolds PRA (Plympton 1723 - London 1792), artist F. J. Dennis (fl. c. 1912 - 1916), publisher Schwartz's Sons and Co., publisher