Object details
Accession number
P21e4
Creators
Full title
Margaret Bacon, Lady Butts
Creation Date
1812
Provenance
Gift from the American art historian Bernard Berenson (1865-1959) to Isabella Stewart Gardner, after 22 January 1899.
Marks
Engraved in ink (upper left): The Lady Buts (sic)
Engraved in ink (lower left): Holbein
Engraved in ink (lower right): Freeman
Engraved in ink (lower center, below image): IN HIS MAJESTY'S COLLECTION
Engraved in ink (lower center, below text): London Published by J. Chamberlaine Jany. 1 1812
Dimensions
17.3 x 12.1 cm (6 13/16 x 4 3/4 in.)
Display Media
Engraving
Web Commentary
Isabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
Permanent Gallery Location
Dutch Room
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 174.
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