print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1853,0112.1828
- Title
- Object: S.r Piercy Brett K.t
- Description
-
Portrait of Sir Piercy Brett, bust-length, in an oval decorated with ribbons, slightly turned to the left, in a powdered wig, dressed in a naval frockcoat with gold braid, illustration to Smollett's "History of England" (1757)
Etching and engraving
- Production date
- 1757
- Dimensions
-
Height: 113 millimetres
-
Width: 77 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
-
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: A Continuation of the Complete History of England
- Acquisition date
- 1853
- Acquisition notes
- 1853,0112.1338 to 2335 is a collection of engraved portraits of persons connected with Suffolk formed by David Elisha Davy, as part of his collections on the history of Suffolk which were purchased by the Department of Manuscripts in 1852. The portraits were transferred to the Department of Prints and Drawings in 1853.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1853,0112.1828