Nugent, Thomas, active 18th century, printmaker, publisher
Published / Created:
[1800]
Call Number:
Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of Esther Jane Sheridan with her son Charles on her back, as a rustic figure carrying a jug towards a stream at right, donkeys in surrounding landscape."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Alternative Title:
Mrs. Sheridan and son
Description:
Title from lettered state., Artist and printmaker from statement of responsibility on lettered state: Painted by J. Hoppner R.A. ; engraved by T. Nugent., State before any lettering. For a later state with the imprint "London, Published April 2, 1800, by T. Nugent, No. 21 Charles Street, Middlesex Hospital," see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1871,1209.321., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Bound in as frontispiece (opposite title page) in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan., and With title "Hester Jane, Second Wife of R.B. Sheridan" and artist statement "John Hoppner pinxt." added in pencil in lower margin, in a later hand. Printmaker's name "Nugent" written beneath image in lower right, in a contemporary hand.
Publisher:
T. Nugent
Subject (Name):
Sheridan, Hester Jane, 1776-1817, and Sheridan, Charles Brinsley, 1796-1843,
Subject (Topic):
Country life, Donkeys, Pitchers, Mothers, and Children
