Watson, James, approximately 1740-1790, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 January 1788]
Call Number:
Portraits W218A no. 2++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait, whole-length standing three-quarter to right, right hand on the chancerial burse, propped on a table to left, holding a document in left hand, wearing ornate embroidered robe over his suit, a sash from left shoulder, lace cravat and long wig, with a classical statue in the garden beyond the balustrade to right."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., and Frontispiece to the second volume of: A set of prints engraved after the most capital paintings in the collection of ... the empress of Russia - lately in the possession of the Earl of Orford at Houghton ... London : J. & J. Boydell, 1788.
Publisher:
Published Jany. 1st, 1788, by John & Josiah Boydell, No. 90 Cheapside, London
