File:Fontange Kneller.jpg
Fontange_Kneller.jpg (375 × 484 pixels, file size: 105 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
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Summary
Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q6258328
artist QS:P170,Q4233718,P1877,Q16859616 published by Edward Cooper |
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Description |
English: Portrait of Mary II of England (1662-1694) in a fontange headdress (lace stiffened with wire) |
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Date | 1688 (date of original portrait) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medium | mezzotint print | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions |
height: 344 mm (13.54 in); width: 253 mm (9.96 in) dimensions QS:P2048,344U174789 dimensions QS:P2049,253U174789 |
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References | National Portrait Gallery: NPG D18929 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source/Photographer | http://www.coolnotions.com/PDImages/AHOHMLace_027_pg28_FontangeHeaddressPortrait.jpg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other versions | cropped version: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fontange_Kneller_-_cropped.jpg |
Licensing
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According to Blanche Payne's "History of Costume" (1st edition), this is from ca. 1694. She is holding a folded-up fan.
NB: See https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O78240/mezzotint-maria-dg-angliae-scotiae-franciae/ for up-to-date and accurate information on this image, which dates from 1688 (engraving published 1690s) and is based on a portrait by Jan van der Vaart rather than one by Kneller.
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current | 09:26, 14 June 2006 | 375 × 484 (105 KB) | Churchh | losslessly grayscaling to avoid unpleasant dingy colors |
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