Richard Robinson D.D. Bishop of Kildare

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Artist/Maker	Houston, Richard (engraver) Reynolds, Joshua (Sir) (artist)
Place of origin	London (printed)

Portrait, three-quarter-length, almost right profile, wearing a bobbed wig, rochet and surplice; seated in an armchair at a table and turning the pages of a book.

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Categories	Prints Portraits
Object type	Print
Title	Richard Robinson D.D. Bishop of Kildare (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Mezzotint Mezzotint
Brief description	Print, portrait of Richard Robinson, 1st Baron Rokeby and Archbishop of Armagh, mezzotint by Richard Houston after Sir Joshua Reynolds, ca. 1750-1775.
Physical description	Portrait, three-quarter-length, almost right profile, wearing a bobbed wig, rochet and surplice; seated in an armchair at a table and turning the pages of a book.
Dimensions	Height: 39.1cm Width: 27.9cm Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959. London: HMSO, 1964.
Style	British School
Copy number	4th state
Marks and inscriptions	'Reynolds pinxt. Houston fecit.' (Lettered with name of sitter etc. and)
Credit line	Given by Mrs E. B. Westwood
Production	The original portrait by Reynolds was painted in 1764 or 1767.
Subjects depicted	Archbishop Clergyman Surplice Rochet Robinson, Richard (1st Baron Rokeby)
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.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.416-1959

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O568715/richard-robinson-dd-bishop-of-print-houston-richard/

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