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Object Type
print
Museum number
1902,1011.5904
Title
Object:
The Revd. Richd. Underwood.
Description
Portrait, over three-quarter-length; seated to front in an ornate armchair with two globes on columns of chair back; wearing Freemason's regalia; his left arm resting on chair arm, with index finger of hand raised; holding upright a book on a cushion with his right hand, lettered "Constitutio of Masonry" in scraped letters; curtain behind and above; after Oliver; proof before letters. 1806 Mezzotint and engraving, printed in brown ink
Producer name
Print made by:
Charles Turner
After:
Archer James Oliver
School/style
British
Production date
1806
Materials
paper
Technique
mezzotint
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
510 millimetres
Width:
356 millimetres
Bibliographic references
Whitman 1907 / Nineteenth Century Mezzotinters: Charles Turner
(579)
(unnumbered state)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
freemasonry
Associated names
Portrait of:
Rev Richard Underwood
Associated with:
Freemasons
Acquisition name
Bequeathed by:
William Meriton Eaton, 2nd Baron Cheylesmore
(Lugt 445)
Acquisition date
1902
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1902,1011.5904