James Ward, 1769–1859, British, Mrs. Elizabeth Billington as St. Cecilia, 1803
- Title:
- Mrs. Elizabeth Billington as St. Cecilia
- Additional Title(s):
- Miss Elzabeth Weichsel, as St. Cecelia
- Part Of:
Collective Title: Iconographie Anglaise par Reynolds et Autres
- Date:
- 1803
- Materials & Techniques:
- Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 25 5/8 × 16 3/4 inches (65.1 × 42.5 cm), Image: 25 × 16 5/16 inches (63.5 × 41.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower right: "Vol.1 P.40"
Lettered, lower left: "Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds | From the Original Picture by Sr. Joshua Reynolds."; lettered, lower center: "MRS. BILLINGTON, AS ST. CECILIA."; lettered, lower right: "Engraved by Jas. Ward Painter & Engraver to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales | Hark! the numbers soft and clear"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.9795
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- allegory | book | cherub | cloud | curls | flower (plant) | literary theme | opera | portrait | religious and mythological subject | robe | saint | sheet music | singer | singing | specific aspects ~ St. Cecilia | St. Cecilia as patroness of music | the virgin martyr Cecilia of Rome; possible attributes: falcon, musical instruments, organ, wreath of roses and lilies | woman | wreath
- Associated People:
- Billington, Elizabeth (1765–1818), singer
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:32236
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