print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1868,0822.4377
- Title
- Object: William Kent.
- Description
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Portrait of William Kent, half-length to front, with head turned and slightly lifted to look up to left; wearing a soft cap and loose gown over shirt; in an oval frame with egg and dart and acanthus leaf decoration, surrounded by ornamental design of ribbon and swags within a rectangle, resting on a plinth, on which lie architect's tools at left and palette with brushes and scroll of paper at right; illustration to vol IV of Walpole's 'Anecdotes of Painting in England' with additions by the Rev James Dallaway (London: 1826-28); after Aikman; lettered only within image.
Etching and engraving on chine collé
- Production date
- 1826-1828 (c.)
- Dimensions
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Height: 208 millimetres
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Width: 131 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Anecdotes of Painting in England
- Acquisition date
- 1868
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1868,0822.4377
