John Baker Holroyd, 1st Earl of Sheffield
Print
12/03/1777 (published)
12/03/1777 (published)
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Portrait, when Member of Parliament, full-length, in fancy dress, standing and facing half left.
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Title | John Baker Holroyd, 1st Earl of Sheffield (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Mezzotint |
Brief description | Print, full-length portrait of John Baker Holroyd, 1st Earl of Sheffield (1741-1821), wearing fancy dress. Mezzotint by John Raphael Smith after Angelica Kauffman, 1777. |
Physical description | Portrait, when Member of Parliament, full-length, in fancy dress, standing and facing half left. |
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Content description | Portrait of a man, full-length, in fancy dress, standing and facing half left, the left hand resting on a sword; in the left background a landscape. |
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Marks and inscriptions | 'Painted by Siga. Angelica Kauffman Engrav'd by J. R. Smith Pubd. March 12, 1777, by J. R. Smith, No. 10, Batemans Buildings, Soho Square.' (Lettered) |
Credit line | Given by Mrs E. B. Westwood |
Production | 2nd state. |
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Accession number | E.556-1959 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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