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William Humphrey
The golden pippin
etching
plate mark: 99 x 76 mm; sheet: 109 x 82 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2428
Published:
[London] : Pub. 9th Feby. 1783, by H. Humphrey, No. 51 New Bond Street, [1783]
Provenance:
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Notes:
Identified in unknown contemporary hand as "Mrs. Eliz. Neale" on plate below the title and "Who kept a noted fruit shop in St. James's Street" added below on the mounting sheet.
Summary:
Head-and-shoulder portrait of an older woman in profile to the left with a raised chin and long nose. Her hair is entirely covered by a cap decorated with ribbons.
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