Giuseppina Grassini. Etching by Caroline Stuart-Wortley, Baroness Wharncliffe.

  • Wharncliffe, Caroline Elizabeth Mary Stuart Wortley, Baroness, 1778-1856.
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2913952i
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Giuseppina Maria Camilla Grassini (1773-1850), Italian contralto and singing teacher. She is said to have been the lover of both Napoleon and the Duke of Wellington. Portrayed in outline, standing, possibly in character, directed to right in profil perdu

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1 print : etching ; platemark 21.1 x 12.7 cm

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Attribution from inscription on recto in brown ink: Grassini. L.y C. Wortley

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Wellcome Collection 2913952i

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