William Wilberforce

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Artist/Maker	Hodges, Charles Howard (engraver) Rising, John (publisher) Rising, John (artist)
Place of origin	London (published)

Portrait, nearly full-length, seated in an armchair, facing slightly right, resting right arm on a table, holding a quill and a roll of paper in the other. On the table are various papers, a quill and an open book.

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Categories	Slavery & Abolitionism Prints Portraits
Object type	Print
Title	William Wilberforce (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Mezzotint Mezzotint
Brief description	Print, portrait of William Wilberforce, mezzotint by Charles Howard Hodges after John Rising, 1792.
Physical description	Portrait, nearly full-length, seated in an armchair, facing slightly right, resting right arm on a table, holding a quill and a roll of paper in the other. On the table are various papers, a quill and an open book.
Dimensions	Height: 50.8cm Width: 35.2cm Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959. London: HMSO, 1964.
Style	British School
Marks and inscriptions	'J: Rising Pinxt. C: H: Hodges Sculpt. London Publish'd Feb: 1st 1792. by J. Rising Leicester Square and T: Harmar No.164 Piccadilly.' (Lettered with name of sitter, dedication etc. and)
Credit line	Given by Mrs E. B. Westwood
Subjects depicted	Quill Books Politician Reformer Wilberforce, William
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.399-1959

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O568732/william-wilberforce-print-hodges-charles-howard/

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