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Object Type
print
Museum number
1877,0811.802
Title
Object:
Marlborough
Description
Portrait of John, Duke of Marlborough, almost half-length in an oval directed to left, wearing sash over breastplate and long white wig, with crown and laurel and palm branches around the top. Mezzotint
Producer name
Print made by:
James Cole
School/style
British
Production date
1722
(circa)
Materials
paper
Technique
mezzotint
Dimensions
Height:
217 millimetres
Width:
154 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Chaloner Smith 1883 / British Mezzotinto portraits from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century
(2)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Portrait of:
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Rev John Burleigh James
(L.1425)
Purchased through:
Sotheby's
(sale March - May 1877/2193)
Purchased through:
Goupil
Acquisition date
1877
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1877,0811.802