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Object Type
print
Museum number
1865,0708.113
Title
Object:
Jacob Lord Viscount Folkestone
Description
Portrait, half-length, three-quarter to left, with a wig, lace cravat above bow which ties fur-trimmed robe over shoulders; in an oval; after Gainsborough (Waterhouse 261), then in the collection of the Society of Arts; open-letter state. Stipple with etching, printed on chine collé
Producer name
Print made by:
Charles Sherwin
After:
Thomas Gainsborough
School/style
British
Production date
1779-1794
Materials
paper
Technique
stipple
etching
Dimensions
Height:
173 millimetres
Width:
120 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Horne 1891 / An Illustrated Catalogue of Engraved Portraits and Fancy Subjects painted by Thomas Gainsborough, RA, Published between 1760 and 1820, and by George Romney, Published between 1770 and 1830 with the Variations of the State of the Plates
(31)
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:
Jacob Bouverie, 1st Viscount Folkestone
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Colnaghi
Acquisition date
1865
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1865,0708.113