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Object Type
print
Museum number
Q,3.30
Title
Object:
Right Revd Chr Wilson D.D. Lord Bishop of Bristol
Description
Portrait seated three-quarter length to left with his cap in his right hand, eyes to front, wearing episcopal robes and short wig; scratched open-letter state. 1788 Mezzotint
Producer name
Print made by:
John Jones
(also publisher)
After:
George Romney
School/style
British
Production date
1788
Production place
Published in:
London (England)
Materials
paper
Technique
mezzotint
Dimensions
Height:
507 millimetres
Width:
357 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Chaloner Smith 1883 / British Mezzotinto portraits from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century
(85.I)
Russell 1926 / English Mezzotint Portraits and their states: Catalogue of Corrections of and Additions to Chaloner Smith's "British Mezzotinto Portraits"
(85.II)
Horne 1891 / An Illustrated Catalogue of Engraved Portraits and Fancy Subjects painted by Thomas Gainsborough, RA, Published between 1760 and 1820, and by George Romney, Published between 1770 and 1830 with the Variations of the State of the Plates
(133.I)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
cleric
(christian cleric)
Associated names
Portrait of:
Christopher Wilson, Bishop of Bristol
Acquisition name
Bequeathed by:
Clayton Mordaunt Cracherode
(with Philipe's oval stamp and the initials CMC)
Acquisition date
1799
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
Q,3.30