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Object Type
print
Museum number
1877,0811.521
Title
Object:
Charle Bancks
Description
Portrait, half-length in profile to left, looking towards the viewer with a long wig, as a miniature in an oval frame inscribed with the name of the sitter, description and motto; after Bancks' self-portrait. 1748 Mezzotint
Producer name
Print made by:
James McArdell
After:
Charles Bancks
School/style
British
Production date
1748
Materials
paper
Technique
mezzotint
Dimensions
Height:
213 millimetres
Width:
125 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
An annotation in the departmental copy of Chaloner Smith states that one impression in the collection has inscriptions in English and verses etc. printed in letterpress outside the plate at the top and bottom of the plate.
Bibliographic references
Goodwin 1903 / British Mezzotinters: James McArdell
(5)
Chaloner Smith 1883 / British Mezzotinto portraits from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century
(10)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
draughtsman/painter
Associated names
Portrait of:
Charles Bancks
Associated with:
Michel Descazeaux du Hally
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Rev John Burleigh James
(Lugt 425)
Purchased through:
Sotheby's
(sale March - May 1877/155)
Purchased through:
Goupil
Acquisition date
1877
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1877,0811.521