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Object Type
print
Museum number
1887,0406.79
Title
Object:
John Barber Esq, Lord Mayor of the City of London, in the Memorable Year 1733
Description
Portrait, three-quarter length, shoulder-length curly wig, white cravat, coat trimmed with fur along the hems and above the elbows, directed to left, right hand on the arm of his chair, which is decorated with the head of a griffin, left hand on a table, resting on a document, looking towards front; state after plate reduced and publication line added; after Dandridge. 1740 Mezzotint
Producer name
Print made by:
John Faber the Younger
(also publisher)
After:
Bartholomew Dandridge
School/style
British
Production date
1740
Production place
Published in:
London (England)
Materials
paper
Technique
mezzotint
Dimensions
Height:
354 millimetres
Width:
250 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Chaloner Smith 1883 / British Mezzotinto portraits from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century
(21.II)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Portrait of:
John Barber
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
John Chaloner Smith
Purchased through:
Sotheby's
(21.iii.1887/626)
Purchased through:
William Walker
Acquisition date
1887
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1887,0406.79