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Object Type
Museum number: 2010,7081.4706
Title: Object: The Hon.ble Robert Henry Clive, M.P.
Description: Portrait; full-length standing to left holding a horse by the bridle, looking away to left, and holding his hat in his left hand, in military uniform; after PIckersgill; scratched open-letter state. Mixed method mezzotint
Producer name: Print made by: George T Payne; After: Henry William Pickersgill
School/style
Production date: 1847 (circa)
Materials
Technique: mezzotint; mixed method
Dimensions: Height: 740 millimetres; Width: 472 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: We are grateful to Kieran Owens for pointing out that the portrait after which this was taken was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1848, and is now is in the collection of Worcestershire Yeomanry Cavalry Museum (Foregate Street, Worcester, WR1 1DT) and can be seen at RHQ Royal Mercian & Lancastrian Yeomanry (Cavan Drive, Dawley Bank, Telford, Shropshire TF4 2BQ).
Location: Not on display
Associated names
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: 2010,7081.4706

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