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print
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book-illustration
Object Type
print
book-illustration
Museum number
1871,1209.2053
Title
Object:
Sir Rhys ab Thomas
Description
Portrait of Rhys ap Thomas, full length, wearing armour, curtain to right, castle seen across the lake on the left, coat of arms in lower margin; plate to Col. C. H. Smith's 'Costume of Great Britain', 1814. Etching and aquatint, hand-coloured
Producer name
Print made by:
John Augustus Atkinson
(etching)
Print made by:
Robert Havell I
(aquatint)
After:
Lieut-Col Charles Hamilton Smith
School/style
British
Production date
1814
Production place
Published in:
British Isles
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
aquatint
hand-coloured
Dimensions
Height:
293 millimetres
(cropped)
Width:
209 millimetres
$Inscriptions
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
Subjects
arms/armour
Associated names
Portrait of:
Sir Rhys Ap Thomas
Illustration to:
Lieut-Col Charles Hamilton Smith
Associated titles
Associated Title:
Costume of Great Britain
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Colnaghi
Acquisition date
1871
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1871,1209.2053