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Object Type
print
Museum number
1902,1011.4042
Title
Object:
The Right Honble Charles Shaw Lefevre, Speaker of the House of Commons
Description
Portrait of Charles Shaw Lefevre, full-length, standing in front of a curtain and fluted columns; directed to front, facing toward left; wearing a long wig, lace cravat, and robes of the Speaker of Commons; holding rolled up papers in his right hand; mace on table on left; archway in background on right; after Shee; open-letter state with title. 1843 Mezzotint and etching
Producer name
Print made by:
Samuel William Reynolds II
After:
Sir Martin Archer Shee
Printed by:
T Brooker
Published by:
Charles Augustus Mornewick Junr.
School/style
British
Production date
1843
Materials
paper
Technique
mezzotint
etching
Dimensions
Height:
711 millimetres
Width:
453 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
One of three states in the British Museum
Bibliographic references
Whitman 1903 / Nineteenth Century Mezzotinters: Samuel William Reynolds
(506.II)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Portrait of:
Charles Shaw-Lefevre, Viscount Eversley
Acquisition name
Bequeathed by:
William Meriton Eaton, 2nd Baron Cheylesmore
Acquisition date
1902
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1902,1011.4042