Hon Mrs Tollemache as Miranda
Sir Joshua Reynolds (after) 1723 - 1792
Summary
A portrait of Anna Maria (née Lewis) Tollemache ( 1745-1804), Countess of Dysart and wife of Wilbraham Tollemache, 6th Earl of Dysart, as Miranda from act I, scene 2 of Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'. She is standing whole-length to right with arms open, wearing a white dress with sash and her hair high; Caliban is beside her with bundle of sticks emerging from a hole in ground at right, with Prospero peering through tree at left, landscape and ship seen on stormy sea in distance.
Object Name
Hon Mrs Tollemache as Miranda
Creators Name
Date Created
1785
accession number
1920.363
Collection Group
Place of creation
Europe
Support
paper
Medium
Mezzotint
Credit
Dr David Lloyd Roberts bequest, 1920
, Josiah Wedgwood, 1920.155.1200x1200.jpg)
, Duchess of Devonshire, 1918.664.1200x1200.jpg)
, Samuel Cousins.1200x1200.jpg)
