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Sir Thomas Chaloner

Print
1788 (published), 02/03/1778 (dated)
Artist/Maker
J. & J. Boydell (publisher)
Earlom, Richard (engraver)
Boydell, John (publisher)
Van Dyck, Anthony (Sir) (artist)
Place of origin
London (published)

Portrait of Sir Thomas Chaloner with a heraldic achievement at the bottom of the page. Three-quarter-length, standing, facing slightly left.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Portraits
Object type
Print
Titles
  • Sir Thomas Chaloner (generic title)
  • Houghton Gallery (series title)
Materials and techniques
Mezzotint
Mezzotint
Brief description
Print, portrait of Sir Thomas Chaloner, mezzotint by Richard Earlom after Anthony van Dyck. 1788.
Physical description
Portrait of Sir Thomas Chaloner with a heraldic achievement at the bottom of the page. Three-quarter-length, standing, facing slightly left.
Dimensions
  • Height: 41.6cm
  • Width: 30.5cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959. London: HMSO, 1964.
Copy number
3rd state
Marks and inscriptions
'In the Common Parlour at Houghton. Van Dyke Pinxit. Geo. Farington delint. Richard Earlom sculpsit. Published March 2d. 1778 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.' (Lettered with name of sitter, size of picture and)
Credit line
Given by Mrs. E. B. Westwood
Object history
This print is a plate from Houghton Gallery, published by John and Josiah Boydell, London, 1788.

Freeman O'Donoghue, Freeman in <u>British Museum: Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits.</u>, 1908-25, has pointed out that John Chaloner Smith's identification of the sitter as Sir Thomas Chaloner, the Younger (1559-1615) is erroneous and that the painting may represent one of his sons, possibly Thomas Chaloner the Regicide (1595-1661). Van Dyck visited England in 1621 and 1627 but did not commence his English practice until 1632.
Production
The accession entry states that this print was published as a plate in Houghton Gallery in 1788, but is originally dated on the print May 2 1778.
Subjects depicted
Coat of Arms
Chaloner, Thomas (Sir)
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.
  • Wessely, Joseph Edward. Richard Earlom. Hamburg: Haendcke & Lehmkuhl, 1886. 1 p.l., viii, 94 p.
  • O'Donoghue, Freeman. British Museum: Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits. London: Printed by order of the Trustees, 1908-25.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.331-1959

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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