Catherine Pearce, Lady Rouse-Boughton (d.1808) (after George Romney)
Norman Hirst (Liverpool 1862 - 1956)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paper, wood and glass
Measurements
860 x 632 x 25 mm
Collection
Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 22892
Summary
Print, mezzotint, Catherine Pearce, Lady Rouse-Boughton (d.1808) (after George Romney) by Norman Hirst (Liverpool 1862 - after 1920). Black and white mezzotint, full length portrait of a woman, reads - Published. March 21st. 1911 by Thos. Agnew and Sons, 43, Old Bond Street, London. W. Copyright. Signed in bottom right hand corner - Norman Hirst. Printed on inner frame is the following LADY ROUSE-BOUGHTON./AFTER G.ROMNEY. Top label on back reads, in black print - THOS. AGNEW AND SONS./FINE ART PUBLISHERS TO HIS MAJESTY/MANCHESTER, NO. 6327 PARK/14, EXCHANGE STREET. 32 PLACE VENDOME./BERLIN/31 UNTER DEN LINDEN. [central crest separates writing] /LONDON, 43, OLD BOND STREET, PICCADILLY, W. Bottom label in black print in black box reads - LADY ROUSE- BOUGHTON/Painted by/ G. ROMNEY/Engraved by/NORMAN HIRST./Published by THOS. AGNEW AND SONS,/LONDON, MANCHESTER, PARIS and BERLIN. Framed with outer frame in black and gilt beading and inner gilt frame. Two corners damaged with a small chip.
Provenance
Purchased from the estate of the late Lord Wraxall with the assistance of the NHMF and donations from members and supporters
Marks and inscriptions
Signed in bottom right hand corner: Norman Hirst. Printed on inner frame: LADY ROUSE-BOUGHTON./AFTER G.ROMNEY.
Makers and roles
Norman Hirst (Liverpool 1862 - 1956), engraver (printmaker) after George Romney (Dalton-in-Furness 1734 – Kendal 1802), artist