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Print, Portrait of Lady Boyd

This is a Print. It was print maker: James MacArdell and after Allan Ramsay. It is dated 1749 and we acquired it in 1959. Its medium is etching on paper in black ink. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Milton I. D. Einstein. It is credited Gift of Milton Einstein.

Its dimensions are

Platemark: 35.2 × 25.3 cm (13 7/8 × 9 15/16 in.) H x W: 45 × 29.6 cm (17 11/16 × 11 5/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Lower margin: "Lady Boyd" Lower left: "A. Ramsay pinx." Lower right: "Ja. M'ardell fecit" Below: "Price 2 shill."

Cite this object as

Print, Portrait of Lady Boyd; Print Maker: James MacArdell (Irish, 1729 - 1765); After Allan Ramsay (Scottish, 1713 - 1784); England; etching on paper in black ink; Platemark: 35.2 × 25.3 cm (13 7/8 × 9 15/16 in.) H x W: 45 × 29.6 cm (17 11/16 × 11 5/8 in.); Gift of Milton Einstein; 1959-49-10

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