print; book-illustration

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Object Type: print; book-illustration
Museum number: 1831,0520.60
Description: Portrait of Sir William Jones after Reynolds (Mannings 1024); half-length to left, facing and eyes to front, wearing fur-trimmed coat, his right arm leaning on the table to left, with a small book in his hand; proof before all letters. 1798 Stipple
Producer name: After: Sir Joshua Reynolds; Print made by: James Heath
School/style
Production date: 1798
Production place: Published in: London (England)
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Dimensions: Height: 265 millimetres; Width: 203 millimetres
Curator's comments: Used as the frontispiece to 'The Wroks of Sir William Jones', 6 vols, G.G.J. & J. Robinson, 1798
Bibliographic references: Hamilton 1884 / A Catalogue Raisonné of the Engraved Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds (p.42); Heath 1993 / The Heath Family Engravers: Vol I, James Heath A.R.A & Vol II, Charles Heath & sons Frederick & Alfred (1798.6); O'Donoghue 1908-25 / Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum (5)
Location: Not on display
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Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1831
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1831,0520.60
Additional IDs: Other BM number: Aa,7.66 or 67

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