print; book-illustration

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Object Type: print; book-illustration
Museum number: 1893,0914.4
Title: Object: William Kent.
Description: Portrait, half-length to front, with head turned and slightly lifted to look up to left; wearing a soft cap and loose gown over shirt; in an oval frame with egg and dart and acanthus leaf decoration, surrounded by ornamental design of ribbon and swags within a rectangle, resting on a plinth, on which lie architect's tools at left and palette with brushes and scroll of paper at right; illustration to Walpole's 'Anecdotes of Painting in England' (London: 1862); after Aikman; lettered only within image. c 1862 Etching and engraving
Producer name: Print made by: John William Cook; After: William Aikman
School/style: British
Production date: 1862
Materials: paper
Technique: etching; engraving
Dimensions: Height: 253 millimetres; Width: 189 millimetres
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Bibliographic references: O'Donoghue 1908-25 / Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum (2)
Location: Not on display
Associated names: Portrait of: William Kent; Illustration to: Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford
Associated titles
Acquisition name: Donated by: Richard B Prosser
Acquisition date: 1893
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1893,0914.4

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