Mr. Shuter [graphic]

Description

Title: Mr. Shuter [graphic]
Creator: Dawe, Philip, printmaker
Contributor: Richardson, William, active 1778-1815, publisher.
Published / Created: [approximately 1787]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published by W. Richardson, Antient & Modern Print Warehouse, 174 Strand
Abstract: "Portrait of the actor Edward Shuter; half-length in oval frame, looking to the right, holding a comic mask."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description: Title engraved below image.
State from: Russell, C.E. English Mezzotint portraits and their states.
Date of publication based on publisher's street address; see British Museum online catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
With wash-line mount 37.4 x 28.9 cm. Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm.
Mounted opposite page 100 (leaf numbered '150' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Provenance: Formerly owned by R.B. Sheridan (the dramatist's grandson), who undertook the copious extra-illustration of the volumes. Later owned by Sheridan's descendant Lady Wavertree. Sotheby's, 25 May 1954 (Lady Wavertree sale), lot 266, to Maggs for W.S. Lewis.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 34 x 25 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Edition: [State 5].
Language: English