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Mr. Charles Moore Son to the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Norwich

Print
1691-1707 (made)
Artist/Maker
Coombes, Peter (engraver)
Kerseboom, Johann (John) (artist)
Cooper, Edward (publisher)
Place of origin
London (made)

Portrait, full-length, when a child, standing in a landscape; wearing sandals and facing slightly right. On the left is a parrot in a bush, which the sitter feeds with fruit from a basket; to the left is a dog. In the background on the right are steps leading to a fountain.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Children & Childhood
Portraits
Object type
Print
TitleMr. Charles Moore Son to the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Norwich (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Mezzotint
Mezzotint
Brief description
Print, portrait of Charles Moore, when a child, mezzotint by Peter Combes after Johannes Kerseboom, 1691-1707.
Physical description
Portrait, full-length, when a child, standing in a landscape; wearing sandals and facing slightly right. On the left is a parrot in a bush, which the sitter feeds with fruit from a basket; to the left is a dog. In the background on the right are steps leading to a fountain.
Dimensions
  • Height: 35.6cm
  • Width: 25.7cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959. London: HMSO, 1964.
Marks and inscriptions
'Mr. Charles Moore Son to the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Norwich. J. Kerseboom Pinx. E. Cooper ex. P. Coombes fec. ' (Lettered)
Credit line
Given by Mrs E. B. Westwood
Production
J. C. Smith states that the lettering describes Bishop Moore as Bishop of Ely, a See which he held from 1707 until his death in 1714. This impression, therefore, indicates an earlier state of the plate, executed between 1691 and 1707 the years in which he held the See of Norwich.
Subjects depicted
Dog
Parrot
Grapes
Fruit
Basket
Landscape
Garden
Fountain
Moore, Charles
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.301-1959

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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