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Henry Grattan

Print
1782 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Portrait, half-length, facing slightly left, wearing the uniform of the Irish Volunteers.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleHenry Grattan (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Mezzotint
Brief description
Print, portrait of Henry Grattan, mezzotint by Valentine Green after Francis Wheatley, 1782.
Physical description
Portrait, half-length, facing slightly left, wearing the uniform of the Irish Volunteers.
Dimensions
  • Height: 34cm (cut)
  • Width: 27.3cm (cut)
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959. London: HMSO, 1964.
Style
Marks and inscriptions
'Painted by F. Wheatley. Engraved by V. Green, Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty & to the Elector Palatine.' (Lettered)
Credit line
Given by Mrs E. B. Westwood
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959 . London: HMSO, 1964.
  • Whitman, Alfred. Valentine Green. London: A. H. Bullen, 1902. 204 p.
  • Smith, John Chaloner. British Mezzotinto Portraits. London: Henry Sotheran & Co., 1883.
Collection
Accession number
E.382-1959

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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