print
- Museum number
- 2010,7081.4468
- Description
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Portrait of William Spencer, 6th earl Fitzwilliam, and his son; full-lengths standing to left, the father wearing a dark suit with the Order of the Garter, looking towards the viewer, left hand at the edge of his knee-length cape, right on the shoulder of his son, who pulls him forwards, holding his father's hand with both of his, and wearing Van Dyck dress; lpillar and landscape background; after Weigall; sitter's proof. 1869
Mixed method mezzotint on chine collé
- Production date
- 1869
- Dimensions
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Height: 685 millimetres
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Width: 432 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- The Lennox-Boyd database describes also a state with the publication line only, above the image.
- Location
- Not on display
- 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
- 2010,7081.4468