print
- Museum number
- 1950,0520.252
- Title
- Object: Don. Carlo Earl of Plymouth
- Description
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Portrait of Charles Fitzcharles, three-quarter length, standing, wearing wig, lace cravat, scarf and shirt; hilt of sword visible; pedestal on left with carved female figure; in the background on the right, a niche in the form of a shell; in the background on the left, a window, through which a landscape of trees and a hill is visible.
Mezzotint
- Production date
- 1689-1700
- Dimensions
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Height: 340 millimetres
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Width: 253 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- This state was not known to CS, although he suggested it might exist. It is possible that this first state was not by Smith, who later acquired the plate and reworked it. CS suggests the original artist may have been Lely.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1950
- Acquisition notes
- Inscribed on verso, in pen and brown ink, by Gulston: "N.7921". There is also a modern collector's mark with a B between five ovals
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1950,0520.252