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D2006-CMD-024
Wisdom Directing Beauty & Virtue (Portraits of Lady Margaret Corry, Lady Harriet Butler, Liliana Countess of Carrick)
D2006-CMD-024

Wisdom Directing Beauty & Virtue (Portraits of Lady Margaret Corry, Lady Harriet Butler, Liliana Countess of Carrick)

Date1772
Engraver John Raphael Smith (1751 - 1812)
After work by Richard Cosway
OriginEngland, London
MediumMezzotint with line engraving
DimensionsOH: 15 1/2" x OW: 20 1/2"; Plate: H: 13 7/8" x W: 19 7/8"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1985-152
DescriptionBase of plinth reads: "LADY MARGARET CORRY/ LADY HARRIET BUTLER/ LILIANA COUNTESS OF CARRICK""
Lower margin reads: "R. Cosway pinx.t/ J.R. Smith fecit/ Publish'd as the Act Directs the 1.st of August 1772 by T. Saunders N.o 24 Titchfield Street Oxford Market"