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Object Type
print
Museum number
1872,1012.4507
Description
Portrait of Thomas William Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester, whole length, standing to left on a bank by an old, hollow, broken tree, looking down, his left hand inside the breast of his waistcoat, also wearing dark til coat, neckerchief and frill; arched design; after Ansdell. 1844 Etching, drypoint, mezzotint, engraving on chine collé
Producer name
Print made by:
Samuel William Reynolds II
After:
Richard Ansdell
Printed by:
Brooker & Harrison
Published by:
Thomas Agnew & Sons
Published by:
Ackermann
Published by:
Anaglyphic Company
School/style
British
Production date
1844
Production place
Published in:
London (England)
Published in:
Manchester (England)
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
mezzotint
drypoint
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
540 millimetres
Width:
350 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)
Whitman 1903 / Nineteenth Century Mezzotinters: Samuel William Reynolds
(507)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Portrait of:
Thomas William Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Edward Daniell
Acquisition date
1872
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1872,1012.4507