The Hon. Anne Elizabeth Weld-Forester, Countess of Chesterfield (1802-1885) (after Sir Edwin Henry Landseer RA)
John Henry Robinson (Bolton 1796 - West Sussex 1871)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1841
Materials
Gilt, Glass, Paper
Measurements
12 x 10 in
Order this imageCollection
Hughenden, Buckinghamshire
NT 428535
Summary
Print, engraving, The Hon. Anne Elizabeth Weld-Forester, Countess of Chesterfield (1802-1885) (after Sir Edwin Henry Landseer RA) by John Henry Robinson (Bolton 1796 - West Sussex 1871). (see NT/HUG/P/34a,b). Half-length portrait, seated in opera box, wearing ornate tiara, left hand touching necklace of pearls, right hand holding opera glass on ledge, on which are a glove, a spray of flowers and a piece of paper. Domed top to mount with a window cut for sitter's name. Inscribed 'The Countess of Chesterfield'. Illustration to Heath's 'Book of Beauty'. 1841
Marks and inscriptions
'The Countess of Chesterfield' On front glass: 297
Makers and roles
John Henry Robinson (Bolton 1796 - West Sussex 1871), engraver (printmaker) after Sir Edwin Henry Landseer RA (London 1802 - London 1873), publisher