drawing
- Museum number
- 1937,1008.20
- Description
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Portrait of John Bellingham, assassin of Spencer Perceval, prime minister; half-length in profile to right, holding a letter (?) in his left hand, in the Dock at the Old Bailey. 1812
Graphite
- Production date
- 1812
- Dimensions
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Height: 292 millimetres
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Width: 223 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- This drawing was used for Dennis Dighton's portrait caricature of Bellingham of 1812: see BM Sat. 11882.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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1974 July-Dec, BM, Portrait Drawings, no.335
- Acquisition date
- 1937
- Acquisition notes
- This item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45. The British Museum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1937,1008.20
