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

  • Wharncliffe, Caroline Elizabeth Mary Stuart Wortley, Baroness, 1778-1856.
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Giuseppina Grassini. Etching by Caroline Stuart-Wortley, Baroness Wharncliffe. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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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

Physical description

1 print : etching ; platemark 21.1 x 12.7 cm

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2913952i

Creator/production credits

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

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