Wisdom Directing Beauty & Virtue (Portraits of Lady Margaret Corry, Lady Harriet Butler, Liliana Countess of Carrick)

Date1772

Engraver John Raphael Smith 1751 - 1812

After work by Richard Cosway

OriginEngland, London

MediumMezzotint with line engraving

DimensionsOH: 15 1/2" x OW: 20 1/2"; Plate: H: 13 7/8" x W: 19 7/8"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1985-152

DescriptionBase of plinth reads: "LADY MARGARET CORRY/ LADY HARRIET BUTLER/ LILIANA COUNTESS OF CARRICK""
Lower margin reads: "R. Cosway pinx.t/ J.R. Smith fecit/ Publish'd as the Act Directs the 1.st of August 1772 by T. Saunders N.o 24 Titchfield Street Oxford Market"ProvenanceBefore 1985, Bookpress, Ltd. (Williamsburg, VA); 1985-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).