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print
Object Type
print
Museum number
1868,0808.2007
Title
Object:
Andrew Spottiswoode, Esqre
Description
Portrait, three-quarters length standing facing front, arms folded, looking away to left, wearing a dark coat with velvet-trimmed collar, dark cravat with a pin, paler trousers and a great coat hung over his shoulders; with the edge of a building to right and landscape to left after Phillips; scratched open-letter state. 1838 Mixed method, mezzotint
Producer name
Print made by:
James Bromley
After:
Thomas Phillips
Published by:
Thomas Boys
Printed by:
James Lahee
School/style
British
Production date
1838
Production place
Published in:
London (England)
Materials
paper
Technique
mixed method
mezzotint
Dimensions
Height:
550 millimetres
Width:
411 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
See also 1902,1011.296.
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:
Andrew Spottiswoode
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
William Benoni White
Acquisition date
1868
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1868,0808.2007