Mary Day Beauclerk, Mrs Franz Raugraf von Jenison-Walworth (1766-1851) as the virgin Una from The Faerie Queene by Spencer (after Sir Joshua Reynolds)
Thomas Watson (London 1748/50 - Westminster 1781)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1782
Materials
Paper
Measurements
430 x 315 mm
Collection
Nunnington Hall, North Yorkshire
NT 979862
Summary
Print, mezzotint, Mary Day Beauclerk, Mrs Franz Raugraf von Jenison-Walworth (1766-1851) as the virgin Una from The Faerie Queene by Spencer (after Sir Joshua Reynolds) by Thomas Watson (London 1748 – London 1781). Published 1782. A portrait of a young girl seated in a wooden setting with a lion to her left and a donkey to her right set within a fictive oval frame. Una represents the true religion the lion which is tamed by the sight of her beauty represents England.
Marks and inscriptions
The National Trust THY/D/141 (former inventory number, on reverse)
Makers and roles
Thomas Watson (London 1748/50 - Westminster 1781), engraver (printmaker) after Sir Joshua Reynolds PRA (Plympton 1723 - London 1792), artist Thomas Watson (London 1748/50 - Westminster 1781), engraver and publisher