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print
Object Type
print
Museum number
1868,0822.1475
Title
Object:
The Honourable Sir Wm. Blackstone Knight
Description
Portrait after Gainsborough (Waterhouse 67), seated half-length to right in an oval frame on plinth, wearing wig, robes and bands and holding papers in his hand. 1775 Etching and engraving
Producer name
After:
Thomas Gainsborough
Print made by:
John Hall
Published by:
William Straham
Published by:
Thomas Cadell
Published by:
D Prince
School/style
British
Production date
1775
Production place
Published in:
London (England)
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
249 millimetres
Width:
197 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
The painting is in the Tate collection. Horne describes a state published by Strachan, Cadell & Prince, but gives the date 1 March 1793.
Bibliographic references
O'Donoghue 1908-25 / Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum
(5)
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
(11)
(undescribed state)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Portrait of:
Sir William Blackstone
Acquisition name
Bequeathed by:
Felix Slade
Acquisition date
1868
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1868,0822.1475