| Method | Mezzotint |
| Artist | after Jean Liotard |
| Published | [c.1750] |
| Dimensions | Image 137 x 113 mm, Sheet 147 x 113 mm |
| Notes |
A three-quarter length portrait of Maria, Countess of Coventry. Seated, she leans on her left arm whilst gazing off to her left, and wears a floral dress. Maria, Countess of Coventry (1733 - 1760), was one of the two Gunning sisters; both famous beauties who made splendid marriages. They were the daughters of John Gunning of Ireland. Maria became first wife of George William Coventry, 6th Earl of Coventry. Her sister became Elizabeth Campbell, Duchess of Hamilton and Argyll. Jean Étienne Liotard (1702 - 1789) was a painter, pastellist, and occasional miniaturist. He was born in Geneva in 1702 and trained in Paris under Massé. He left Paris 1735 in the suite of the French ambassador to Naples, and went on to Rome where he met Sir William Ponsonby (later Earl of Bessborough), and Lord Sandwich, with whom he went via Malta, Chios and Smyrna. He travelled to Constantinople, where he remained from 1738 to 1742. He returned via Moldavia, Austria, Germany and Italy to Switzerland. In 1746 he was based in Paris as a portraitist, but made many voyages around Europe over the next 10 years, including a period in London from 1753 to 1755, where he was commissioned to paint all of the children of the Prince of Wales. He married in 1756, and henceforth was based in Geneva. Upon his return to London he arranged a peronal exhibition in 1773, and a sale of his work at Christie's in 1774. He also exhibited at the Royal Academy 1773-74. Chaloner Smith unrecorded, Lennox - Boyd i/i, O'Donoghue 11 Ex. Col.: Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd Condition: Trimmed to image at top and sides, and just below title to bottom. Laid to album page. |
| Framing | unmounted |
| Price | £120.00 |
| Stock ID | 21278 |