| Contributor |
Chalon, Alfred Edward, 1780-1860, artist. |
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Mote, William Henry, engraver. |
| Title |
Coster, Mrs. |
| Alternate title |
Mrs. Coster & child / A.E. Chalon ; W.H. Mote. |
| Publisher |
[Hartford? : s.n.] |
| Date |
[1847?] |
| Physical description |
1 print : engraving ; 18.7 x 11.4 cm. |
| Description |
Full-length portrait of Mrs. Coster [possibly Stephanie de Pau Coster, wife of Washington Coster] seated next to child [possibly
her daughter Frances Stephanie Coster]. Cf. oil painting at MCNY? (not seen). Mrs. Coster has an open book on her lap, on
which the child's left hand rests.
|
| Notes |
In The American book of beauty, or, Token of friendship (Hartford, 1847?), plate following p. [72]. |
|
Another portrait appears in: The Family circle and parlor annual, 1848 (New York, 1847), plate preceding p. [117]. |
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Original sitter identified as the Hon. Lalagé Letitia Caroline Bankes (née Vivian), the wife of Henry Hyde Nugent Bankes;
and the daughter of 1st Baron Vivian. Cf. National Portrait Gallery, London. http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw199868/Hon-Lalag-Letitia-Caroline-Bankes-ne-Vivian?LinkID=mp94766&role=sit&rNo=0
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| Genre |
Portrait prints -- 1840-1849. |
|
Engravings -- 1840-1849. |
| Subject |
Coster, Stephanie de Pau -- Portraits. |
|
Coster, Frances Stephanie -- Portraits. |
|
Mothers. |
|
Women. |
|
Fictitious characters. |
|
Bankes, Lalagé Letitia Caroline, 1834-1875 -- Portraits. |
