Engraver: 
Gerard Sibelius, Dutch, 1734-1785
 
After Daniel Dodd, British, fl.1761-1780
Title: Portrait of Margaret Caroline Rudd (d.1779)
Date: 1775
Medium: Etching and line engraving
Dimensions:
Sheet: 34.8 x 25 cm
Credit Line: Purchased, 1895
Object Number: NGI.11058
DescriptionMargaret Caroline Rudd (née Youngson) (c. 1745-1798) was from Lurgan near Belfast. She moved to London and became involved with the notorious forgers Daniel and Robert Perreau. She was accused and later acquitted of forgery, a case that caused a sensation at the time.
Inscriptionlower centre (within image, lettered): D. Dodd pinxt. / G. Sibelius sculp; Below image: MARGARET CAROLINE RUDD / Price 2/6 Publish'd according to Act of Parliament Decr. ye 2d 1775. by Wm,, Humphrey Gerrard Street Soho

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