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Object Type: print
Museum number: T,8.38.+
Title: Object: Thomas Kerrich, M.A.
Description: Portrait after Briggs, the librarian half-length slightly to left, looking to front, wearing plain jacket and waistcoat over frilled shirt, his hair closely cut and with a characteristically bulbous nose. 1815 Stipple and etching
Producer name: Print made by: George Sigmund Facius; After: Henry Perronet Briggs; Published by: George Sigmund Facius
School/style: British
Production date: 1815
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials: paper
Technique: stipple; etching
Dimensions: Height: 352 millimetres; Width: 278 millimetres
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Curator's comments: See 1876,1209.322 for comment.
Bibliographic references: O'Donoghue 1908-25 / Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum (1)
Location: Not on display
Associated names: Portrait of: Rev Thomas Kerrich
Acquisition name: Donated by: Rev Edward Balme
Acquisition date: 1817
Acquisition notes: The 'Book of Donations 1756-1823' on 10 May 1817 records the gift from the Rev. Thomas Balme of eight named portrait prints, of which this is one.
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: T,8.38.+

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