[Mr. Mann, of the Hand in Hand Fire Office] [graphic].

Description

Title: [Mr. Mann, of the Hand in Hand Fire Office] [graphic].
Published / Created: [not after 1776?]
Publication Place: England
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: Portrait of John Mann, Secretary of the Hand-in-Hand Fire Office from 1730 until his death in 1776; half-length, looking slightly right; wearing a long wig and an unbuttoned jacket
Description: Title from annotation on mount.
Date of publication based on sitter's death date.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Mounted on wove paper to 18 x 13 cm.
Annotated by Thomas Kirgate in ink on mount: Mr. Mann, of the Hand in Hand Fire Office.
Provenance: Formerly owned by Horace Walpole, with Thomas Kirgate's annotations. Possibly part of the nineteen portfolios of English portraits broken up in the London sale (Strawberry Hill sale, 1842) and offered in lots 1-570, 601-728, containing one to forty or more prints each. Prints with Walpole's annotations are gathered under this call number for convenience rather than any solid evidence that this specific print was part of these lots. See Hazen for further information. Suckling; July 1937.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 10.7 x 8 cm
Language: No linguistic content

Genre: Portrait prints
Etchings England 1776
Annotations (Provenance) 18th century
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Hand-in-Hand Fire Office.
Subjects: Hand-in-Hand Fire Office
England > 1776
18th century
Kirgate, Thomas, 1734-1810 > Ms. notes
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership

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