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print
Object Type
print
Museum number
1910,0610.123
Title
Object:
George Morland
Description
Portrait seen seated half-length, almost in profile to right, eyes to front wearing plain coat, striped waistcoat and necktie, with a painting on an easel behind him to left. 1806 Mezzotint
Producer name
Print made by:
William Ward
After:
William Collins
Published by:
William Collins
School/style
British
Production date
1806
Production place
Published in:
London (England)
Materials
paper
Technique
mezzotint
Dimensions
Height:
176 millimetres
Width:
104 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
According to Frankau, this print was probably intended for insertion in the 'Biographical Sketch' of Morland written by the father of the painter, also William Morland, which was interwoven with 'Memoirs of a Picture', published in 3 volumes in 1805. This exact image and subscription and same size, dated 1806 forms the frontispiece of my copy of Collins' Memoirs Of a Painter - publication date 1805.
Bibliographic references
Frankau 1904 / Eighteenth Century Artists and Engravers: William Ward A.R.A. and James Ward R.A.
(202)
Chaloner Smith 1883 / British Mezzotinto portraits from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century
(60)
Russell 1926 / English Mezzotint Portraits and their states: Catalogue of Corrections of and Additions to Chaloner Smith's "British Mezzotinto Portraits"
(60a)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
draughtsman/painter
Associated names
Portrait of:
George Morland
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Lady Layard
Acquisition date
1910
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1910,0610.123