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Object Type
print
Museum number
Cc,1.242
Title
Object:
The R:t Hon:ble Gustavus Lord Visc.t Boyne
Description
Copy of portrait after Hogarth, full-length standing in a landscape, right hand on a stone ledge, hat and cane in his left, looking at and bowing slightly to the viewer with right foot advanced, wearing a suit with a high sheen, the coat open to reveal a long waistcoat decorated with flourishes. Mezzotint
Producer name
Print made by:
Michael Ford
After:
William Hogarth
Published by:
Michael Ford
School/style
British
Production date
1740s-1765
Production place
Published in:
Dublin (city)
Materials
paper
Technique
mezzotint
Dimensions
Height:
495 millimetres
(image)
Height:
538 millimetres
(trimmed?)
Width:
353 millimetres
(image)
Width:
355 millimetres
(trimmed?)
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Chaloner Smith 1883 / British Mezzotinto portraits from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century
(3)
Einberg 2016 / William Hogarth : a complete catalogue of the paintings
(118)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Portrait of:
Gustavus Hamilton, 2nd Viscount Boyne
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
William Packer
(probably)
Acquisition date
1827
(before)
Acquisition notes
See comment on S,2.1.
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
Cc,1.242