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Object Type
Museum number: 2010,7081.2660
Title: Object: A Burgomaster of Amsterdam
Description: Portrait of a man, shown three-quarters length seated to right, looking towards the viewer, left hand on his hip, right wrist resting on the back of his chair, wearing a dark suit and broad square collar, with shoulder-length dark wavy hair worn loose. Mezzotint
Producer name: Print made by: Samuel Okey; After: Jan Hals; Published by: Samuel Okey
School/style: British; Dutch
Production date: 1760s (circa)
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 355 millimetres; Width: 255 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: Chaloner Smith 1883 / British Mezzotinto portraits from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century (undescribed); Russell 1926 / English Mezzotint Portraits and their states: Catalogue of Corrections of and Additions to Chaloner Smith's "British Mezzotinto Portraits" (undescribed)
Location: Not on display
Acquisition name
Funder name: With contribution from: National Heritage Memorial Fund; With contribution from: Art Fund; With contribution from: British Museum Friends; With contribution from: Friends of Prints and Drawings; With contribution from: Mrs Charles Wrightsman; With contribution from: Michael Marks Charitable Trust
Acquisition date: 2010
Acquisition notes: Acquired with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, the Friends of the British Museum, the Art Fund, Mrs Charles Wrightsman, the Michael Marks Charitable Trust, and numerous individual donors.
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 2010,7081.2660

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