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Basil Earl of Denbigh & Desmond

Print
14/06/1775 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Portrait, three-quarter-length, seated, to front and facing slightly to right; resting left arm on a table and holding a scroll in his hand; wearing Parliament robes. At the bottom of the sheet is a coat of arms.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleBasil Earl of Denbigh & Desmond (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Mezzotint on paper
Brief description
Print, three-quarter-length portrait of Basil Feilding, 6th Earl of Denbigh and 5th Earl of Desmond, in Parliament robes. Mezzotint by John Watts after Nathaniel Dance, 1775.
Physical description
Portrait, three-quarter-length, seated, to front and facing slightly to right; resting left arm on a table and holding a scroll in his hand; wearing Parliament robes. At the bottom of the sheet is a coat of arms.
Dimensions
  • Height: 50.2cm
  • Width: 35.2cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959. London: HMSO, 1964.
Styles
Copy number
2nd state
Marks and inscriptions
'N. Dance pinxt. J. Watts sculp. Basil Earl of Denbigh & Desmond, Lord of the Bed Chamber Master of the Harriers and Privy Counsellor To K. George the III. As the Act directs June 14 1775.' (Lettered)
Credit line
Given by Mrs E. B. Westwood
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959 . London: HMSO, 1964.
  • Smith, John Chaloner. British Mezzotinto Portraits. London: Henry Sotheran & Co., 1883. Vol. 4, p.1568.
Collection
Accession number
E.662-1959

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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