Sophia Dibdin, Mrs Thomas Frognall Dibdin (after John Hoppner)
Norman Hirst (Liverpool 1862 - 1956)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paper, glass and wood
Measurements
700 x 600 x 30 mm
Collection
Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 22411
Summary
Print, engraving, Sophia Dibdin, Mrs Thomas Frognall Dibdin (after John Hoppner) by Norman Hirst (Liverpool 1862 - after 1920). Female figure in landscape; half figure in profile with face looking outwards, dressed in frilled collar and semi-draped shawl. White border. Underneath print - Published February 7th 1911 by Thos. Agnew and Sons. 43 Old Bond Street London. W. Copyright. Signed Norman Hirst bottom right-hand corner. Gilt and black frame with glass. Printed on bottom of frame MRS FROGNALL DIBDIN / AFTER J.HOPPNER.R.A. Print slightly foxed and frame's gilt edge slightly damaged at bottom. Two printed labels on reverse. First label reads THOS.AGNEW and SONS / FINE ART PUBLISHERS TO HIS MAJESTY / either side of a crest MANCHESTER / 14, EXCHANGE STREET and PARIS / 22 PLACE VENDOME / BERLIN / 31, UNTER DEN LINDEN. beneath crest LONDON / 43, OLD BOND STREET / PICCADILLY.W. Second label reads inside a thin black line MRS. FROGNALL DIBDIN / Painted by / J.HOPPNER, R.A. / Engraved by / NORMAN HIRST / wavy line / Published by THOS. AGNEW and SONS / LONDON, MANCHESTER, PARIS AND BERLIN.
Provenance
Purchased from the estate of the late Lord Wraxall with the assistance of the NHMF and donations from members and supporters.
Makers and roles
Norman Hirst (Liverpool 1862 - 1956), engraver (printmaker) after John Hoppner, RA (London 1758 – London 1810), artist