The Strawberry Girl (after Sir Joshua Reynolds)
Samuel Cousins (Exeter 1801 - London 1887)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1 May 1873
Materials
Paper
Measurements
450 x 320 mm
Collection
Nunnington Hall, North Yorkshire
NT 979926
Summary
Print, mezzotint, The Strawberry Girl (after Sir Joshua Reynolds) by Samuel Cousins, RA (Exeter 1801 – London 1887). Published in 1873 by Thomas Agnew and Sons. Portrait of Theophila Palmer, three quarter length, as a young girl wearing a white dress with apron draped over her right arm, carrying a strawberry basket set in a rocky landscape.
Marks and inscriptions
Sir Joshua Reynolds p.r.a./published May 1st 1873 by Thos Agnew and Sons, 5 Waterloo Place, London, Manchester and Liverpool/Samuel Cousins esq R.A./The Strawberry Girl/This engraving from the original picture in his possession/by permission respectfully dedicated to Sir Richard Baronet MP/by his most obedient servants/Thomas Agnew and Sons.
Makers and roles
Samuel Cousins (Exeter 1801 - London 1887), engraver (printmaker) after Sir Joshua Reynolds PRA (Plympton 1723 - London 1792), artist Thomas Agnew and Sons Ltd, engraver and publisher