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Object Type
Museum number: 2003,0831.12
Title: Object: Samuel Parr
Description: Portrait seen half-length slightly to left with his right arm leaning on books and holding scroll, within rectangular frame, looking upwards to left, wearing clerical robes; published state. 29 November 1788 Hand-coloured mezzotint
Producer name: Print made by: John Jones; After: George Romney
School/style
Production date: 1788
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials
Technique: mezzotint; hand-coloured
Dimensions: Height: 503 millimetres; Height: 565 millimetres; Width: 760 millimetres (sheet); Width: 351 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: This is an unusual impression in being coloured. On the analogy of other prints in the same collection, it is assumed that the colouring was added in Vienna. The collection also had monochrome impressions of the print in the same state.
Bibliographic references: Chaloner Smith 1883 / British Mezzotinto portraits from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century (60.III); Horne 1891 / An Illustrated Catalogue of Engraved Portraits and Fancy Subjects painted by Thomas Gainsborough, RA, Published between 1760 and 1820, and by George Romney, Published between 1770 and 1830 with the Variations of the State of the Plates (95.III)
Location: Not on display
Associated names
Acquisition name: Donated by: Prof David Bindman; In Memory of: Richard Godfrey
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 2003
Acquisition notes: This came from a lot of clerical portraits that was unsold at the Sotheby's sale, and was afterwards acquired by Richard Godfrey, who gave many items to his close friends. David Bindman gave an address at the funeral.
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 2003,0831.12
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