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Object Type
print
Museum number
1915,0216.73
Title
Object:
Francis Bacon, / when a boy.
Description
Portrait of Francis Bacon, Viscount St Albans, when a boy, bust-length in profile to right, wearing ruff, ornate doublet and shirt; from a drawing by Arthur Hughes, after a coloured bust, then owned by the Earl of Verulam. Stipple on chine collé
Producer name
Print made by:
Francis Holl
Intermediary draughtsman:
Arthur Hughes
Published by:
Longman
School/style
British
Production date
1850-1884
Production place
Published in:
London (England)
Materials
paper
Technique
stipple
Dimensions
Height:
230 millimetres
Width:
152 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
O'Donoghue 1908-25 / Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum
(undescribed)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Portrait of:
Francis Bacon, Viscount St Albans
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
T H Parker
Acquisition date
1915
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1915,0216.73