The portrait of Thomas Inglefield [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- The portrait of Thomas Inglefield [graphic]
- Creator
- Inglefield, Thomas, 1769- printmaker
- Contributor
- Ryley, Charles Reuben, 1752?-1798, artist.
- Published / Created
- publish'd as the act directs, Decr. 1787.
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Sold by T. Inglefield at No. 8 Chapel Street, Tottenham Court Road
- Abstract
-
Portrait of a young man, full-length, facing the viewer but with his head turned slightly to the right. He lacks hands and legs beyond the knee and is seated before a lectern (right) with a drawing of a tree on the page. He holds a pen held against his mouth using his left elbow
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
Text etched below the image: "This extraordinary young man was born Decr. 18, 1769, at Hook, in Hampshire, without arms or legs, as here delineated, occasioned as his mother supposes by a fright she suffered when pregnant with him. Notwithstanding these disadvantages he has by industry acquired the arts of writing & drawing, holding his pencil between the stump of his left arm and his cheek & guiding it with the muscles of his mouth. In order to assist these extraordinary efforts of ingenuity, this drawing was presented to him by Mr. Robertson, & Mr. Fittler kindly super-intended the etching. This print is sold by T. Inglefield at No. 8 Chapel Street, Tottenham Court Road, where ladies & gentlemen may see him & many more of his performances."--Below title.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark. - Provenance
- Purchased from Simon Beattie; June 2017.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 27.6 x 17.8 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 787.12.00.01
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Portrait prints
Etchings England London 1787 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Inglefield, Thomas, 1769-
- Subject (Topic)
-
Abnormalities, Human
Phocomelus
Artists
British
People with disabilities - Subjects
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Inglefield, Thomas, 1769-
Abnormalities, Human
Phocomelus
Artists > British
People with disabilities
England > London > 1787
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 13202031
- Object ID (OID)
- 16227455
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