Simon Earl Harcourt : from an original picture by B. Wilson in the possession of William Fauquier Esqr

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Title: Simon Earl Harcourt : from an original picture by B. Wilson in the possession of William Fauquier Esqr
Creator: McArdell, James, approximately 1729-1765, printmaker
Contributor: Wilson, Benjamin, 1721-1788, artist.
Published / Created: [between 1740 and 1765]
Publication Place: London?
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: "Portrait, standing three-quarter length facing front, left hand on hip, holding architectural plan at his side in right, looking away to left, towards a window from which the light streams diagonally."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title engraved below image.
State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits.
Date range for publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1850,1214.106.
Probably published in London, the city to which printmaker James McArdell immigrated in 1746; see British Museum online catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Provenance: Gift of Joseph Verner Reed (Yale 1926) to the Yale Library, 1958. Portions were transferred to Lewis Walpole Library 1960. For other items from this gift refer to Beinecke Library's GEN MSS 1000.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 34.1 x 24.9 cm
Edition: [State 2].
Language: English

Genre: Portrait prints
Mezzotints England London 1740
Material: mezzotint ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Harcourt, Simon Harcourt, Earl, 1714-1777,
Subjects: Harcourt, Simon Harcourt, Earl, 1714-1777
England > London > 1740
Borden, Matthew C. D. (Matthew Chaloner Durfee), 1842-1912 > Ownership
Breaker, William D. > Ownership

Access: Public
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