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Object Type
print
Museum number
1902,1011.2743
Description
Portrait of John Henniker, half-length, looking up to right, wearing a cravat; proof before letter. 1786 Mezzotint
Producer name
Print made by:
Henry Hudson
After:
George Romney
School/style
British
Production date
1786
Materials
paper
Technique
mezzotint
Dimensions
Height:
325 millimetres
Width:
258 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Chaloner Smith 1883 / British Mezzotinto portraits from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century
(3)
(undescribed state)
Horne 1891 / An Illustrated Catalogue of Engraved Portraits and Fancy Subjects painted by Thomas Gainsborough, RA, Published between 1760 and 1820, and by George Romney, Published between 1770 and 1830 with the Variations of the State of the Plates
(68.I)
Russell 1926 / English Mezzotint Portraits and their states: Catalogue of Corrections of and Additions to Chaloner Smith's "British Mezzotinto Portraits"
(3.I)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Portrait of:
John Henniker-Major, 2nd Baron Henniker
Acquisition name
Bequeathed by:
William Meriton Eaton, 2nd Baron Cheylesmore
Acquisition date
1902
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1902,1011.2743