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print
;
newspaper/periodical
Object Type
print
newspaper/periodical
Museum number
K,68.86
Title
Object:
Laurence Hyde Earl of Rochester.
Description
Portrait of Laurence Hyde, Earl of Rochester, bust to right but looking at the viewer, wearing neckerchief and collar of the Order of the Garter; in an ornamental oval on a pedestal; illustration to a magazine; copy of a print by Houbraken, after Godfrey Kneller. Etching and engraving
Producer name
After:
Jacob Houbraken
After:
Sir Godfrey Kneller
School/style
Dutch
British
Production date
1741-1750
(c.)
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
etching
Dimensions
Height:
170 millimetres
(trimmed or cut)
Width:
107 millimetres
(trimmed)
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
See Houbraken's print 1977,U.1254 1868,0822.6718 and 1841,1211.121
Bibliographic references
O'Donoghue 1908-25 / Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum
(4)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Portrait of:
Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Dr Charles Burney
(estate of)
Acquisition date
1818
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
K,68.86