print
- Museum number
- 1914,0406.52
- Description
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Portrait of Alexander Whitchurch; head and shoulders to left, smiling towards the viewer, holding a letter in his right hand and resting the elbow on a book labelled 'Court / Min. / 1776' propped vertically beside him; wearing a plain suit, frilled cravat and powdered wig; in an oval; proof before letters.
Mezzotint with some etching
- Production date
- 1757-1814 (circa?)
- Dimensions
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Height: 252 millimetres
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Width: 197 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Attributed to Humphrey, according to Chaloner Smith. The Lennox-Boyd database describes a finished impression annotated in pencil 'J. Scowles F // Alexander Whitchurch / an Attorney, and clerk to the Brewer's Company / 1776'.
Cataloguing supported by the Pilgrim Trust.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1914
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1914,0406.52