The Salad Girl (after John Hoppner)
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); 121 mm (W)
Place of origin
Chancery Lane
Order this imageCollection
Kingston Lacy Estate, Dorset
NT 1252019.7
Summary
Print, mezzotint, The Salad Girl (after John Hoppner) 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
'THE SALAD GIRL' / PURE MEZZOTINT / BY / E.M. HESTER / AFTER / JOHN HOPPNER, 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 after John Hoppner, RA (London 1758 – London 1810), artist of the original (painting) F. J. Dennis (fl. c. 1912 - 1916), engraver and publisher