A St. James's Beauty (Priscilla Burrough)
Artist
John Hodges Benwell
(English, 1764 - 1785)
Artist
Francesco Bartolozzi
(Italian, 1727 - 1815)
Date1783
MediumEtching and stipple; printed in red
DimensionsImage: 6 3/16 x 4 13/16 inches (15.72 x 12.24 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Frances M. Logan
Object number53-51/287
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Gallery LabelThe modern equivalent of this portrait would be a photograph of a fashionista in a popular magazine. The sitter is a society beauty, sumptuously turned out, and proud of her chiseled profile. Such portraits come close to fashion plates and emphasize the importance of dress in the 18th century, a time when people's social status was more rigidly defined by what they wore than it is today.
Frances M. Logan (1855-1946), Kansas City, MO, by 1946;
Bequeathed by Frances M. Logan to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1953.
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