Print made by Charles Knight, 1743–c.1826, Britishafter Sir Thomas Lawrence, 1769–1830, British
Title:
Miss Farren
Date:
1791
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and stipple engraving (second state) on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 20 3/8 × 14 1/8 inches (51.8 × 35.9 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, lower left: "C8723 Lxdic/-/-. | Miss Farren. Countess of Derby"; lower center: "The Earliest know state | of this plate | With the name of C. Knight | as Engraver, afterwards | altered to Bartolozzi and with the date much | earlier than in the 1st published | state."; lower right: "Later state sold at Christies | 1910. £131.10.0 | in which the name of Knight was erased | Exce[...] grace | a most brilliant proof | dated 1791 | the earliest proof date | Sir T Laurence Pinxt."