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Mary Isabella (née Tibbits), Viscountess Hood
Portrait of Mary Isabella Tibbits, Viscountess Hood (c.1820–1904), lithographed by Richard James Lane after a portrait by Edmund Havell, 1855.
Catalogue record
- Title
- Mary Isabella (née Tibbits), Viscountess Hood
- Creator / artist
- Edmund Havell (original portrait)
- Engraver / lithographer
- Richard James Lane (lithographer / printmaker)
- Printer
- Not presently identified
- Publisher
- Not presently identified
- Date
- 1855
- Medium
- Lithograph. Collection example is colored.
- Dimensions
- COLLECTION COPY — RESEARCH ONGOING: pending direct measurement. REFERENCE COPY (National Portrait Gallery, London): paper size 14 7/8 × 12 3/8 in. (378 × 313 mm).
Inscriptions
COLLECTION COPY — RESEARCH ONGOING A graphite inscription on the mount is best read as “Lady Hood.” Additional pencil numbers and cursive annotations remain under research.
Verso markings
COLLECTION COPY — RESEARCH ONGOING: mount and verso markings not yet fully resolved; readings are recorded in the research notes rather than stated as fact.
Provenance
Private Havell Collection. Acquired 2026.
Research notes
The date and status of the coloring on this particular impression remain under research and should not be stated conclusively as either original or later hand coloring. The mount inscription is best read as “Lady Hood”; it is not presented as an Edmund Havell signature. Additional pencil numbers and cursive annotations on the mount remain unread. Printer and publisher are not presently identified.
Museum comparisons
REFERENCE COPY: National Portrait Gallery, London, record D22449 — lithograph by Richard James Lane after Edmund Havell, dated 1855; paper size 14 7/8 × 12 3/8 in. (378 × 313 mm).
References
National Portrait Gallery, London, record D22449.