Portrait of Henrietta Maria Bowdler
Date
1830
Sitter
Henrietta Maria Bowdler (1750 - 1830, British) , Author
Creator
Isaac Ware Slater (1784 - 1836, British) , Engraver
Thomas Cadell the younger (1773 - 1836, British) , Printer
Thomas Cadell the younger (1773 - 1836, British) , Printer
After
Joseph Slater (1782 - 1837, British) , Artist
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Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 270mm
width (print): 220mm
width (print): 220mm
Subject
Description
Seated portrait of Henrietta Marie Bowdler inclined slightly left and looking out at the viewer. Dressed in a pinafore, shawl and bonnet.
Inscribed: ‘Drawn by Josh. Slater in 1814. Drawn on Stone by Isaac W. Slater./ London, Published July 1840 by T. Cadel, Strand & by Colnaghi & Son, Pall Mall East.’ With facsimile signature and further handwritten annotation ‘From Sir E. Sabine’s Collection’.
Henrietta Maria Bowdler (1750-1830), British author and literary expurgator, was not a Fellow of the Royal Society. She was the sister of John Bowdler (1746-1823) FRS.
Inscribed: ‘Drawn by Josh. Slater in 1814. Drawn on Stone by Isaac W. Slater./ London, Published July 1840 by T. Cadel, Strand & by Colnaghi & Son, Pall Mall East.’ With facsimile signature and further handwritten annotation ‘From Sir E. Sabine’s Collection’.
Henrietta Maria Bowdler (1750-1830), British author and literary expurgator, was not a Fellow of the Royal Society. She was the sister of John Bowdler (1746-1823) FRS.
Object history
From a collection of engraved portraits bequeathed to the Society by Sir Edward Sabine (1788-1883) PRS in 1884 [CMP/5/74].
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