An original etching of 1880 with the portrait of the Honourable Mrs Graham, etched by Charles Oliver Murray after the canvas by Thomas Gainsborough. A rich impression on laid paper, with wide margins.
An original etching of 1880 with the portrait of the Honourable Mrs Graham, etched by Charles Oliver Murray after the canvas by Thomas Gainsborough. A rich impression on laid paper, with wide margins.
The original picture was painted about 1777, shortly after the marriage of Mary Cathcart to Thomas Graham, the future Lord Lynedoch. It was one of the first works to enter the National Gallery of Scotland in Edinburgh, bequeathed in 1859 by Graham's heirs.
Medium: etching on laid paper
Artist / after: Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788)
Etcher: Charles Oliver Murray (1842-1923)
Date: 1880
Dimensions: Image 6.3 x 9.8 in (16 x 25 cm); plate mark 7.2 x 11.2 in (18.2 x 28.5 cm); sheet 10.2 x 14.2 in (25.8 x 36 cm)
Condition: good