Nelly O'Brien (d.1768) (after Sir Joshua Reynolds)
Charles Spooner (Wexford c.1720 – London 1767)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paper
Measurements
380 x 280 mm
Collection
Nunnington Hall, North Yorkshire
NT 979893
Summary
Print, mezzotint, Nelly O'Brien (d.1768) (after Sir Joshua Reynolds) by Charles Spooner (Wexford c.1720 – London 1767). Three quarter length. Young female, seated, wearing white dress with ribbon detail, pearls on her hair and round her neck. Her left arm rests on a stone bench.
Marks and inscriptions
London printed Rob.t Sayer nr Serjeants Inn Fleet Street and Hen.y Harker opp Birchen Lane, Cornhill
Makers and roles
Charles Spooner (Wexford c.1720 – London 1767), engraver (printmaker) after Sir Joshua Reynolds PRA (Plympton 1723 - London 1792), artist Robert Sayer (1725-1794), engraver and publisher