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Object Type: print
Museum number: Ee,1.20
Title: Object: Rev.d Samuel Parr, L.L.D.
Description: Portrait of Samuel Parr, three-quarter-length, slightly turned to the right, seated in an ornately carved chair with one hand across his paunch, dressed in an academic gown with bands at his neck and a powdered bobwig on his head Mezzotint
Producer name: Print made by: Thomas Hodgetts; After: George Dawe; Published by: George Dawe
School/style: British
Production date: 1815
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials: paper
Technique: mezzotint
Dimensions: Height: 506 millimetres; Width: 352 millimetres
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Bibliographic references: O'Donoghue 1908-25 / Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum (6)
Location: Not on display
Associated names: Portrait of: Rev Samuel Parr
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Dr Charles Burney (estate of)
Acquisition date: 1818
Acquisition notes: Charles Burney's manuscript catalogue, vol. 1 p.21, lists in portfolio D of portraits, a print of 'The Rev. Sam. Parr, LLD', which is probably this print.
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: Ee,1.20

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