William Pulteney Esqr. [graphic]
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33191940
Description
- Title
- William Pulteney Esqr. [graphic]
- Creator
- Faber, John, 1695?-1756, printmaker
- Contributor
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Kneller, Godfrey, Sir, 1646-1723, artist.
Faber, John, 1695?-1756, publisher.
Tonson, Jacob, 1682-1735, publisher. - Published / Created
- [approximately 1732]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- J. Tonson & J. Faber
- Abstract
-
"Portrait, half-length to the left, his left hand on hip, looking towards the viewer, holding a letter addressed to him as Secretary for War in his right hand at waist level, wearing a dark coat, cravat and long, pale wig; arms below; lettered state."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title engraved below image.
Publication information from that of the volume in which the print was issued.
Plate no. 33 from: Faber, J. Kit-Cat Club : done from the original paintings of Sr. Godfrey Kneller. London : Tonson and Faber, [1732-1735].
Plate numbered "33" in lower right corner.
Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm.
Mounted opposite page 570 (leaf numbered '163' in pencil) in volume 3 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 : plate mark 35.4 x 25.2 cm, on sheet 39.2 x 25.9 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 53 Sh52 M78
- Collection Title
- Kit-Cat Club.
- Collection / Other Creator
- Faber, John,
- Collection Date
- 1695?-1756,
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Portraits
Portrait prints
Mezzotints 1730-1740
Mezzotints England London 1732 - Material
- mezzotint ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name)
-
Bath, William Pulteney, Earl of, 1684-1764,
Bath, William Pulteney, Earl of, 1684-1764. - Subject (Topic)
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Aristocracy (Social class)
Politicians - Subjects
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Bath, William Pulteney, Earl of, 1684-1764
Aristocracy (Social class)
Politicians > Great Britain
Great Britain
1730-1740
England > London > 1732
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1809 or 10-1888 > Ownership
Wavertree, Florence Lothrop Sheridan Walker, lady, 1872-1952 > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 16622585
- Object ID (OID)
- 33191940