After J. Ellys

'Miss Fenton', by J. Faber

细节

After J. Ellys
'Miss Fenton', by J. Faber
mezzotint, printed for John Bowles, laid paper, with margins, some pale fox marks and creases, otherwise in good condition (unexamined out of frame)
P. 14 x 10in. (35½in. x 25cm.);
with a coloured print of 'Nelson' by J. Heath

拍品专文

The celebrated actress Lavinia Fenton (d.1760) was most famous for her role as Polly Peacham in 'The Beggar's Opera' in the late 1720s. She was the mistress of the 3rd Duke of Bolton for 23 years before marrying him in 1751.