The Lord Ashley

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Artist/Maker	Tompson, Richard (engraver) Lely, Peter (Sir) (artist)
Place of origin	London (printed)

Portrait, nearly full-length, of Lord Ashley seated, wearing a long wig and lace cravat, resting right hand and with left hand placed against breast. In the right background is a column and a landscape beyond; in the left background is a drape.

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Categories	Prints Portraits
Object type	Print
Title	The Lord Ashley (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Mezzotint Mezzotint
Brief description	Print. Portrait, nearly full-length, of Anthony Ashley Cooper, 2nd Earl of Shaftesbury, seated. Mezzotint, possibly by Richard Tompson, after Sir Peter Lely, 1678-1679.
Physical description	Portrait, nearly full-length, of Lord Ashley seated, wearing a long wig and lace cravat, resting right hand and with left hand placed against breast. In the right background is a column and a landscape beyond; in the left background is a drape.
Dimensions	Height: 34cm Width: 24.8cm Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959. London: HMSO, 1964.
Style	Restoration
Marks and inscriptions	'The Lord Ashley P. Lely pinxit. R. Tompson excudit.' (Lettered)
Credit line	Given by Mrs E. B. Westwood
Subjects depicted	Landscape Wig Column Cooper, Anthony Ashley (2nd Earl of Shaftsbury)
Bibliographic reference	Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959 . London: HMSO, 1964.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.576-1959

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O568557/the-lord-ashley-print-tompson-richard/

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