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James Hutton

Print
22/02/1786 (published)
Artist/Maker
Smith, John Raphael (engraver)
Smith, John Raphael (publisher)
Cosway, Richard (RA) (artist)
Place of origin
London (published)

Portrait, half-length, seated, facing half left, with ear-trumpet applied to his right ear and left hand resting on knee. The sitter is wearing a black tricorne hat and powdered wig.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Portraits
Object type
Print
TitleJames Hutton (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Mezzotint
Mezzotint
Brief description
Print. Half-length portrait of James Hutton (1715-1795) holding an ear trumpet to his ear. Mezzotint by John Raphael Smith after Richard Cosway, 1786.
Physical description
Portrait, half-length, seated, facing half left, with ear-trumpet applied to his right ear and left hand resting on knee. The sitter is wearing a black tricorne hat and powdered wig.
Dimensions
  • Height: 37.8cm
  • Width: 27.6cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959. London: HMSO, 1964.
Style
British School
Marks and inscriptions
' Painted by R. Cosway Esqr; R.A. Principal Painter to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales Engraved by J. R. Smith, Mezzotinto Engraver to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, London publish'd Feby 22: 1786 by J. R. Smith, N:83: Oxford Street.' (Lettered with name of sitter and)
Credit line
Given by Mrs E. B. Westwood
Subjects depicted
Tricorne
Ear Trumpet
Hutton, James
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.558-1959

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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