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Object Type
print
Museum number
1874,0808.1108
Title
Object:
The Right Honoble Laurence Earle of Rochester
Description
Portrait, half length to left, standing, wearing wig, lace cravat, robes lined with ermine, collar, and George; in an oval c.1683/8 Mezzotint
Producer name
Print made by:
Isaac Beckett
After:
Sir Godfrey Kneller
School/style
British
Production date
1683-1688
Materials
paper
Technique
mezzotint
Dimensions
Height:
342 millimetres
Width:
252 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Chaloner Smith 1883 / British Mezzotinto portraits from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century
(89.I)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Portrait of:
Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Charles Francis Arnold Howard, 5th Earl of Wicklow
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Hugh Howard
Acquisition date
1874
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1874,0808.1108