Matthew Horsley of Birdsall, Yorkshire

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Artist/Maker	Smith, John Raphael (engraver) Smith, John Raphael (publisher) Smith, John Raphael (artist)
Place of origin	London (published)

Portrait, half-length, facing slightly left, standing against a landscape, within a plain rectangular border, wearing a black hat and holding a cane under left arm. Beneath the portrait is a vignette of a horseman in pursuit of a fox.

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Categories	Prints Portraits
Object type	Print
Title	Matthew Horsley of Birdsall, Yorkshire (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Mezzotint Mezzotint
Brief description	Print, half-length portrait of Matthew Horsley of Birdsall,Yorkshire, huntsman. Mezzotint by John Raphael Smith, 1796.
Physical description	Portrait, half-length, facing slightly left, standing against a landscape, within a plain rectangular border, wearing a black hat and holding a cane under left arm. Beneath the portrait is a vignette of a horseman in pursuit of a fox.
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 & Engraved by J. R. Smith. Mezzotinto Engraver to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. Published as the Act directs July 1, 1796, by J. R. Smith King Street Covent Garden.' (Lettered with name of sitter etc., dedication to the Hon. Henry Willoughby and)
Credit line	Given by Mrs E. B. Westwood
Subjects depicted	Gamekeeper Horsley, Matthew
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.557-1959

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O568575/matthew-horsley-of-birdsall-yorkshire-print-smith-john-raphael/

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