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Object Type
Museum number: S,2.82
Title: Object: Captain Thomas Coram
Description: Copy of portrait, bust-length to left within oval frame, eyes to front, his shoulder-length hair loose, wearing plain, open coat and white necktie; after Hogarth; proof before letters, and margin cleaned. 1749 Mezzotint
Producer name: After: William Hogarth; Print made by: James McArdell
School/style
Production date: 1749
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 355 millimetres; Width: 252 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: See also Sheila O'Connell, 'London 1753', BMP, 2003, no.3.37.
Bibliographic references: Nichols 1833 / Anecdotes of William Hogarth [and] a Catalogue of his Prints ... (p. 212); Goodwin 1903 / British Mezzotinters: James McArdell (8.I); Chaloner Smith 1883 / British Mezzotinto portraits from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century (45.I); O'Donoghue 1908-25 / Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum (3); Einberg 2016 / William Hogarth : a complete catalogue of the paintings (128) (copy)
Location: Not on display
Associated names
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1827 (before)
Acquisition notes: See comment on S,2.1.
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: S,2.82

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