Monday 15 July 2024

Bust of Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Portland, Michael Rysbrack.



 Bust of Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Portland, 

Michael Rysbrack.

1723.



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Margaret Cavendish Bentinck (née Harley), Duchess of Portland.

 by George Vertue (1683 - 1756), after John Michael Rysbrack (1694 - 1770).

line engraving, 1727

8 1/2 in. x 6 3/4 in. (217 mm x 170 mm) paper size.

NPG D14100.

https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw14573/Margaret-Cavendish-Bentinck-ne-Harley-Duchess-of-Portland









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The British Museum Engraving.

1729.

Bust of Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Portland.

Portrait of Edmund Waller; half length, to the right, looking at viewer; wearing long dark wig, buttoned jacket, and plain white collar; on same plate as a sculptured bust of the Duchess of Portland after Rysbrack, on an ornate table; impression taken before the plate was cut; both used as illustrations to Fenton's edition of 'The Works of Edmund Waller' (1729-30).







https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1850-0223-592