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Object Type: print
Museum number: 1838,0714.77
Title: Object: King Charles the 2nd Landing on the Beach at Dover
Description: Charles II returning to England after exile, on the beach being greeted by General Monk, the Dukes of Gloucester and York, the Earl of Clarendon and Sir John Grenvill and others, with Dover Castle in the background after Benjamin West (Staley 84), working state before extra engraving on coat of woman in right foreground. 1789 Etching and engraving
Producer name: Print made by: William Sharp; Print made by: William Woollett; After: Benjamin West
School/style: British
Production date: 1789
Materials: paper
Technique: etching; engraving
Dimensions: Height: 488 millimetres; Width: 618 millimetres
Curator's comments: The plate was left unfinished by Woollett at his death and completed by Sharp. The BM has three impressions of the etched state kept under Woollett, and eight later impressions kept under Sharp. For West's drawing, see 1920,0615.19. There is a published key relating to this print: see Ee.2.147.
Bibliographic references: Baker 1875 / William Sharp Engraver, with a descriptive catalogue of his works (21.V); Fagan 1885 / A Catalogue Raisonné of the Engraved Works of William Woollett (122)
Location: Not on display
Associated names: Portrait of: George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle; Portrait of: Charles II, King of England, Scotland and Ireland; Portrait of: Henry Stuart, 1st Duke of Gloucester; Portrait of: James II, King of England; Portrait of: Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon; Portrait of: John Grenville, 1st Earl of Bath
Associated places: Topographic representation of: Dover
Acquisition name: Purchased from: W & G Smith
Acquisition date: 1838
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1838,0714.77

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