Caption:
Miss Kitty Fisher as 'Cleopatra Dissolving the Pearl', Print made by Edward Fisher, 17221785, British, after Sir Joshua Reynolds RA, 17231792, British, Published by John Bowles, 17011779, British, and Thomas Bowles, ca. 1712died 1753, British, between 1752 and 1763, Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper, Sheet: 13 7/16 x 9 3/8 inches (34.2 x 23.8 cm), Plate: 13 1/16 x 9 inches (33.1 x 22.8 cm), and Image: 11 x 9 inches (27.9 x 22.8 cm), banquet of Mark Antony and Cleopatra: she dissolves a pearl in a cup of wine, which she then drinks, braids, chalice, crown, dress, gaze, jewelry, literary theme, mantle, pearls, portrait, religious and mythological subject, sash, throne, wine