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Object Type
Museum number: 1902,1011.6971
Title: Object: The Craftsman Unmask'd
Description: Portrait of a middle-aged man, almost half-length in an oval, directed to right, looking angrily ahead of him, wearing a long pale wig and white cravat, holding a plaque with the figure of justice in front of him. Mezzotint
Producer name
School/style
Production date: 1736 (c.)
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 233 millimetres; Width: 190 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: The lettering in the lower margin is missing, see 1868,0808.3680. The print is derived from 'The Treacherous Patriot Unmask’d' (BM Satires 2538), a satire on Robert Walpole published in March 1736. Chaloner Smith identifies the subject as Nicholas Amhurst, editor of the Craftsman, while Stephens (BM Satires) assumes him to be its supporter William Pulteney.
Bibliographic references: Chaloner Smith 1883 / British Mezzotinto portraits from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century (31) (Engraver not ascertained: Class II); BM Satires / Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum (2557)
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names: Portrait of: Nicholas Amhurst (?); Portrait of: William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath (?)
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1902
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1902,1011.6971

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