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print
Object Type
print
Museum number
1865,0610.1235
Title
Series:
Athenaeum Portraits
Description
No. 53: Portrait of Henry Ellis, half-length, seated on a chair in profile to right; wearing spectacles, buttoned coat with an order on the collar at right, neckerchief and frill; proof before letters. 1836 Lithograph on chine collé
Producer name
Print made by:
Henry Corbould
School/style
British
Production date
1836
Materials
paper
Technique
lithograph
Dimensions
Height:
125 millimetres
(image)
Width:
110 millimetres
(image)
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Cataloguing supported by the Pilgrim Trust. See Comment of 1843,1014.27.
Bibliographic references
O'Donoghue 1908-25 / Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum
(1)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Portrait of:
Sir Henry Ellis
Associated with:
Athenaeum
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Edward Daniell
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Edward Magrath
Acquisition date
1865
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1865,0610.1235