Richard Dighton
An Illustrious Consort
London, T McLean July 1818
Etching
Original hand colouring
220 x 185 mm
£150
The profile head (right) of a handsome girl cut off above the (bare) shoulders, and with a gloved right hand holding an opera-glass. She has a strongly marked eyebrow, and wears a wreath of roses on closely curled hair which shows the shape of a charming head. Probably sketched at the Opera.