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John Baker Holroyd, 1st Earl of Sheffield

Print
12/03/1777 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Portrait, when Member of Parliament, full-length, in fancy dress, standing and facing half left.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleJohn 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.
Dimensions
  • Height: 61.3cm
  • Width: 39.1cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959. London: HMSO, 1964.
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.
Style
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.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959 . London: HMSO, 1964.
  • Smith, John Chaloner. British Mezzotinto Portraits. London: Henry Sotheran & Co., 1883. Vol. 4, p.1275.
Collection
Accession number
E.556-1959

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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