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Henry Peckwell

Print
10/10/1774 (published)
Artist/Maker
Houston, Richard (engraver)
Bowles, Carington (publisher)
Russell, John (artist)
Place of origin
London (published)

Portrait of the Reverend Henry Peckwell seated at a window, dressed in clerical gown and bands and resting a copy of the Holy Bible on lap. In the background, beyond the window on the right, is a gathering of people; in the left background is a bookcase.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Portraits
Object type
Print
TitleHenry Peckwell (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Mezzotint
Mezzotint
Brief description
Print, portrait of the Reverend Henry Peckwell, mezzotint by Richard Houston after John Russell, 1774.
Physical description
Portrait of the Reverend Henry Peckwell seated at a window, dressed in clerical gown and bands and resting a copy of the Holy Bible on lap. In the background, beyond the window on the right, is a gathering of people; in the left background is a bookcase.
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 35.6cm
  • Cut to width: 25.1cm
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
1st state
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'From the Original Picture, painted by J. Russel. R. Houston fecit. Publish'd as the Act directs 10 Octr. 1774. Printed for Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehous, No.69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London. Price 2s.' (Lettered with name of sitter etc.)
  • '87' (Numbered)
Credit line
Given by Mrs E. B. Westwood
Subjects depicted
Clerics
Robes
Gown
Bible
Bookcase
Peckwell, Henry (D.D.)
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.415-1959

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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