print
- Museum number
- 1925,0511.171
- Description
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Portrait of an unidentified man, half-length in profile to left but looking at the viewer, seated at a desk and holding the pages of a book, wearing a black cloak and skull-cap; after Rembrandt (?); unfinished state, cancellation proof? only his right bust etched, after shading in the left background, before letters. c.1757-1758
Etching
- Production date
- 1757-1758 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 192 millimetres
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Width: 144 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- This is unfinished state, for a finished lettered state and comment see also 1852,0214.246.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1925
- Acquisition notes
- 1925,0511.27 to 242 all come from a single volume in the Rudge sale that contained etchings by amateurs, mostly British.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1925,0511.171