The Hon. Lucy Elizabeth Byng, Countess of Bradford (1766-1844) (after John Hoppner)
Edward Gilbert Hester (c.1843 – St Albans 1903)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1911
Materials
Paper, wood, glass
Measurements
343 mm (H); 278 mm (W); 158 mm (H); 121 mm (W)
Place of origin
Chancery Lane
Order this imageCollection
Kingston Lacy Estate, Dorset
NT 1252019.9
Summary
Print, mezzotint, The Hon. Lucy Elizabeth Byng, Countess of Bradford (1766 - 1844) (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
'MISS BYNG' / 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 (printmaker) after John Hoppner, RA (London 1758 – London 1810), original artist F. J. Dennis (fl. c. 1912 - 1916), engraver and publisher