Jean Jacques Rousseau
Print
1766 (printed)
1766 (printed)
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| Place of origin |
Portrait, half-length in fur cap and fur-trimmed gown, facing slightly right, with left hand placed on breast.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Jean Jacques Rousseau (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Mezzotint |
| Brief description | Print, half-length portrait of Jean Jacques Rousseau in a fur cap and fur-trimmed gown. Mezzotint by Richard Purcell after Allan Ramsay, 1761. |
| Physical description | Portrait, half-length in fur cap and fur-trimmed gown, facing slightly right, with left hand placed on breast. |
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| Style | |
| Copy number | 2nd state |
| Marks and inscriptions |
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| Credit line | Given by Mrs E. B. Westwood |
| Production | C. Corbutt was an alias of the engraver Richard Purcell (died ca.1766). The original portrait was painted in 1766. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959 . London: HMSO, 1964. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.501-1959 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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