The Revd. T. R. Malthus, M.A. F.R.S.

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Artist/Maker	Colnaghi (publishers) John Linnell (engraver) John Linnell (artist)
Place of origin	London (published)

Print, three-quarter-length portrait of Thomas Malthus, looking to front, seated and holding a book with both hands.

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Categories	Portraits Prints
Object type	Print
Title	The Revd. T. R. Malthus, M.A. F.R.S. (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Mezzotint Mezzotint
Brief description	Print, three-quarter-length portrait of Thomas Malthus, mezzotint by John Linnell after his own painting, 1857.
Physical description	Print, three-quarter-length portrait of Thomas Malthus, looking to front, seated and holding a book with both hands.
Dimensions	Mount height: 74.9cm Mount width: 54.5cm Dimensions taken from Marshall, Julian. A Catalogue of Engraved National Portraits in the National Art Library. London: HMSO, 1895.
Style	British School
Marks and inscriptions	'Painted & Engraved by J. Linnell. The Revd. T. R. Malthus, M.A. F.R.S. Professor of History & Political Economy at the East India College and Author of an Essay on the Principle of Population, &c. &c. London, Published January 1st 1834 for John Linnell, Porhcester Terrace, Bayswater by Dominic Colnaghi & Co. Pall Mall East.' (Lettered)
Subjects depicted	Man Thomas Robert Malthus
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	25834

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O630516/the-revd-t-r-malthus-print-john-linnell/

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