Edmund Burke
Print
01/05/1771 (published)
01/05/1771 (published)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Portrait, half-length, facing half left, within a plain circular border.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Edmund Burke (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Mezzotint |
| Brief description | Print, half-length portrait of Edmund Burke, in an oval border. Mezzotint by James Watson after Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1771. |
| Physical description | Portrait, half-length, facing half left, within a plain circular border. |
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| Style | |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'Sr. Joshua Reynolds pinxit. James Watson fecit London, Printed for Robt. Sayer Map & Printseller No.53 in Fleet Street, Published as the Act directs 1 May 1771.' (Lettered with name of sitter and) |
| Credit line | Given by Mrs E. B. Westwood |
| Production | Reynolds' original portrait was painted in 1767 or 1769 |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959 . London: HMSO, 1964. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.642-1959 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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