print; book-illustration

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Object Type: print; book-illustration
Museum number: 1920,1211.790
Title: Object: Sir William Jones
Description: Portrait of Sir William Jones after Reynolds (Mannings 1024); half-length to left, facing and eyes to front, wearing fur-trimmed coat, his right arm leaning on the table to left, with a small book in his hand; illustration to Knight's "The Gallery of Portraits with Memoirs" (London: 1833-1837). Stipple with engraving
Producer name: Print made by: James Posselwhite; After: Sir Joshua Reynolds; Published by: Charles Knight
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Production date: 1833-1837 (circa)
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Technique: stipple; engraving
Dimensions: Height: 273 millimetres (trimmed); Width: 188 millimetres
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Curator's comments: See 1932,0507.11 for the same subject but from another plate.; Cataloguing supported by the Pilgrim Trust.
Bibliographic references: Hamilton 1884 / A Catalogue Raisonné of the Engraved Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds (undescribed); 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: Sir William Jones; Associated with: Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge; Illustration to: Charles Knight
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Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1920
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1920,1211.790

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