# The Female Correspondent

- By: John Boydell (British, 1719 - 1804)
- By: James Watson (British, c. 1740 - 1790)
- By: Gabriel Metsu (Dutch, 1629 - 1667)
- Date: 1771
- Medium: mezzotint on laid paper
- Classification: Print
- Dimensions: plate: 50.4 x 35.5 cm (19 13/16 x 14 in.) ; sheet: 51.8 x 36.6 cm (20 3/8 x 14 7/16 in.)
- Culture: British
- Credit line: Paul Mellon Fund
- Museum: [National Gallery of Art](https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.119690.html)
- Rights: [Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://api.nga.gov/iiif/dab02b47-6f79-4215-af43-8d5f7fe5cad8/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)