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Object Type
print
Museum number
O,8.2
Description
Portrait of Thomas Chaloner, standing three-quarter length to front, looking towards left; wearing a soft cap, dark fur-trimmed heavy gown over buttoned gown with inserted piece of paper, his left hand in the pocket, pointing downwards with the index finger of his right hand; proof before inscriptions. Etching
Producer name
Print made by:
Lewis Picard
After:
Wenceslaus Hollar
School/style
British
Bohemian
Production date
1781
(before)
Production place
Published in:
British Isles
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
Dimensions
Height:
196 millimetres
Width:
134 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Former attribution of the painting to Hans Holbein has been abandoned. Reversed image of 1864,0714.30.
Bibliographic references
O'Donoghue 1908-25 / Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum
(2)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Portrait of:
Sir Thomas Chaloner
Acquisition name
Bequeathed by:
Clayton Mordaunt Cracherode
(Inscribed on the verso with CMC monogram in Cracherode hand (L.607) and dated 1781)
Acquisition date
1799
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
O,8.2