Adoring the Hymen: Elizabeth Montgomery, Mrs Luke Gardiner (1751-1783) and her sisters Anne Montgomery, Marchioness Townshend (1752-1819) and Barbara Montgomery, Mrs John de la Poer Beresford (1757-1788) (after Sir Joshua Reynolds)
Samuel William Reynolds the elder (London 1773 – London 1835)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1838
Materials
Paper
Measurements
390 x 280 mm
Collection
Nunnington Hall, North Yorkshire
NT 979953
Summary
Print, mezzotint, Adoring the Hymen: Elizabeth Montgomery, Mrs Luke Gardiner (1751-1783) and her sisters Anne Montgomery, Marchioness Townshend (1752-1819) and Barbara Montgomery, Mrs John de la Poer Beresford (1757-1788) (after Sir Joshua Reynolds) by Samuel William Reynolds the elder (London 1773 – London 1835). Published 1838. Full length. 3 ladies dressing a tern with a garland of flowers in a landscape.
Marks and inscriptions
ADORNING THE TERM OF HYMEN/IN THE NATIONAL GALLERY/LONDON 1838 Hodgson and Graves 6 Pall Mall
Makers and roles
Samuel William Reynolds the elder (London 1773 – London 1835), engraver (printmaker) after Sir Joshua Reynolds PRA (Plympton 1723 - London 1792), artist Hodgson and Graves, engraver and publisher