Miss Anna Swan.

Date1760-1770

After work by William Thompson

Engraver James Watson

Publisher Bakewell and Parker

OriginEngland, London

MediumMmezzotint engraving on laid paper with hand coloring

DimensionsOverall: 14 1/2 × 10 1/2 in (36.83 × 26.67cm)
Other (Platemark): 14 × 10 in (35.56 × 25.4cm)

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1964-322

DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "Miss Anna Swan./ W.m Thomspson Pinx.t/ J. Watson Fecit/ London printed for Mess.rs Bakewell and Parker opposite Birchin Lane in Cornhill."Label TextMiss Swan is shown looking toward the left. Her hair is unadorned. She wears a low-cut dress with light collar and cuffs. Her right hand rests on an upright book.ProvenanceBefore 1964, the Glen Sanders Collection; 1964 (sold, Robert E. Palmiter Antiques, Bouckville, New York, #147); 1964-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).