Benjamin B. [graphic].

Description

Title: Benjamin B. [graphic].
Creator: Humphrey, G. (George), 1773?-1831?, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: [20 March 1780?]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. March 20 by H. Humphrey, Old Bond Str
Abstract: "Half length portrait of an elderly clergyman in profile to the right with a long sharp nose and receding chin."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Printmaker and questionable year of publication from British Museum catalogue.
Sitter identified as Benjamin Buckler (1718-1780), fellow of All Souls, Oxford, where there is a portrait of him ascribed to Gainsborough. See British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 15.4 x 9.8 cm, on sheet 22.0 x 13.6 cm.
Mounted on leaf 23 of volume 7 of 12.
Provenance: From a collection in twelve volumes probably compiled by Francis Harvey and sold at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. Bequest of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss to Yale University Library, 1981. Bound by Riviere & Son in three-quarters red morocco with gold tooling and gold lettering on spine.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 18 x 12 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1780
Portrait prints
Caricatures
Etchings England London 1780
Material: etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Buckler, Benjamin, 1718-1780,
Subject (Topic): Clergy
Subjects: Buckler, Benjamin, 1718-1780
Clergy
England > 1780
England > London > 1780
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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