Margaret Georgiana Poyntz, Countess Spencer (1737-1814) (after Sir Joshua Reynolds)
Thomas Watson (London 1748/50 - Westminster 1781)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1 Nov 1772
Materials
Paper
Measurements
375 x 275 mm
Collection
Nunnington Hall, North Yorkshire
NT 979936
Summary
Print, mezzotint, Margaret Georgiana Poyntz, Countess Spencer (1737-1814) (after Sir Joshua Reynolds) by Thomas Watson (London 1748 – London 1781). Published 1772 by S Hooper. Portrait of a lady, half length, in a fictive painted frame wearing a flowing dress and veil. Her left arm rests on a table, her right hand resting on her.
Marks and inscriptions
ii over 2 (in pencil on reverse)
Makers and roles
Thomas Watson (London 1748/50 - Westminster 1781), engraver (printmaker) after Sir Joshua Reynolds PRA (Plympton 1723 - London 1792), artist S. Hooper (fl.1772-1785), engraver and publisher