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The demi-rep Countess of C__ alias The Lying Chambermaid (1820)
hand-coloured etching
32.2 × 22.7 cm (image) 33.9 × 23.5 cm (sheet, trimmed within platemark) 38.9 × 28.9 cm (backing sheet)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1946
Public domain
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The demi-rep Countess of C__ alias The Lying Chambermaid
(1820)
Medium
hand-coloured etching
Measurements
32.2 × 22.7 cm (image) 33.9 × 23.5 cm (sheet, trimmed within platemark) 38.9 × 28.9 cm (backing sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1946
Public domain
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
BM Satires 13857
Printing/Publishing
published by John Fairburn, London
Inscription
printed in ink l.l.-l.r.: The Demi-rep COUNTESS of C _alias The LYING CHAMBERMAID, / a Match for My-Joke-O!!
printed in ink (in image) (in speech bubble) u.r.: —“Je ne me / rappelle pas”— / (I do not recollect.)
printed in ink (in image) c.: BAR ALL BARGAINS.
printed (vertically) (in image) c.: Trash / Bag
printed in ink (in image) (on ribbon) l.l.: Milan / Commission
printed in ink (in image) l.c.: Leech / GREEN BAG / PO DE CHAMBRE / Lake of Como
Accession Number
1573.53-4
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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