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Object Type
print
Museum number
P,8.52
Description
Portrait of George, Prince of Denmark, bust directed to left but looking at the viewer, wearing a long wig and armour; in an architectural oval on a pedestal; a crown on the pedestal at right; a small allegorical scene in a cartouche below the portrait; a hammer and baton below; lettered state; illustration to Birch's "Heads". 1745 Engraving, some etching
Producer name
Print made by:
Jacob Houbraken
After:
Sir Godfrey Kneller
School/style
Dutch
British
Production date
1745
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
etching
Dimensions
Height:
350 millimetres
Width:
210 millimetres
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Curator's comments
This plate was also used in some editions of Thomas Birch's "The Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain, Engraved by Mr Houbraken and by Mr Vertue" (London: 1743-1752). Cataloguing supported by the Pilgrim Trust
Bibliographic references
Ver Huell 1875 / Jacobus Houbraken et son oeuvre
(g)
(described on pp.122-124)
O'Donoghue 1908-25 / Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum
(7)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Illustration to:
Paul de Rapin, Sieur de Thoyras
Portrait of:
George, Prince of Denmark
Associated titles
Associated Title:
History of England
(London, 1744)
Acquisition name
Bequeathed by:
Clayton Mordaunt Cracherode
(monogram with date 1783)
Acquisition date
1799
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
P,8.52