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Simon Harcourt, 1st Earl Harcourt

Print
16/08/1775 (published)
Artist/Maker
Fisher, Edward (engraver)
Hunter, Robert (artist)
Place of origin
London (published)

Portrait, half-length, facing half right, within a plain oval border.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Portraits
Object type
Print
TitleSimon Harcourt, 1st Earl Harcourt (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Mezzotint
Mezzotint
Brief description
Print, half-length portrait of Simon Harourt, 1st Earl Harcourt, mezzotint by Edward Fisher after Robert Hunter, 1775.
Physical description
Portrait, half-length, facing half right, within a plain oval border.
Dimensions
  • Height: 35.2cm
  • Width: 25.4cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959. London: HMSO, 1964.
Styles
Georgian
British School
Marks and inscriptions
'Painted by Robert Hunter, Dublin. Engrav'd by Edward Fisher, London. Publish'd as the Act directs, August 16th. 1775, & Sold at the Golden Head, South Side of Leicester Square.' (Lettered with name of sitter and)
Credit line
Given by Mrs E. B. Westwood
Subject depicted
Harcourt, Simon (1st Earl Harcourt)
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.367-1959

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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