The Mask: Lady Charlotte Spencer, later Lady Nares (1769-1802) and her sister Lady Anne Spencer, later Countess of Shaftesbury (1773-1865) (after Sir Joshua Reynolds)
Luigi Schiavonetti (Bassano 1765 - 1810)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
3 Jan 1802
Materials
Paper
Measurements
230 x 255 mm
Place of origin
Spa Fields
Collection
Nunnington Hall, North Yorkshire
NT 979876
Summary
Print, mezzotint, The Mask: Lady Charlotte Spencer, later Lady Nares (1769-1802) and her sister Lady Anne Spencer, later Countess of Shaftesbury (1773-1865) (after Sir Joshua Reynolds) by Luigi Schiavonetti (Bassano 1765 - 1810). Depicting ladies Charlotte and Anne Spencer, daughters of George 4th Duke of Marlborough. Two young girls playing with a mask.
Marks and inscriptions
From an original picture in the possession of His Grace the Duke of Marlborough published by R Pollard, Spa Fields, London, January 3 1802.
Makers and roles
Luigi Schiavonetti (Bassano 1765 - 1810), engraver (printmaker) after Sir Joshua Reynolds PRA (Plympton 1723 - London 1792), artist Robert Pollard (Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1755/6 – London 1839), engraver and publisher