The Right Reverend C. J. Blomfield, D.D. Lord Bishop of Chester

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Artist/Maker	Ward, James (engraver) Stocking, C. (publisher) Lane, Samuel (artist)
Place of origin	London (published)

Three-quarter-length portrait, seated, turned slightly to right and looking to left, holding a roll of papers in left hand. The sitter is wearing his bishop's robes and a wig. To the left is a table with a book lettered on the spine: 'Biblior Comp.' In the right background is an archway.

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Categories	Prints Portraits
Object type	Print
Title	The Right Reverend C. J. Blomfield, D.D. Lord Bishop of Chester (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Mezzotint on paper Paper Mezzotint
Brief description	Three-quarter-length portrait of Charles James Blomfield in bishop's robes. Mezzotint by William Ward after Samuel Lane, 1827.
Physical description	Three-quarter-length portrait, seated, turned slightly to right and looking to left, holding a roll of papers in left hand. The sitter is wearing his bishop's robes and a wig. To the left is a table with a book lettered on the spine: 'Biblior Comp.' In the right background is an archway.
Dimensions	Cut to height: 60.9cm Cut to width: 43.8cm Measured by SH 11/10/2010
Style	British School
Marks and inscriptions	'Painted by Samuel Lane Esqr. Engraved by Wm. Ward Engraver to H.R.H. the Duke of Clarence 12 Mornington Place, Hampstead Road. The Right Reverend C. J. Blomfield, D.D. Lord Bishop of Chester. London, Published May 1827 by C. Stocking 3 Paternoster Row.' (Lettered)
Subjects depicted	Bishop Rochet Chimere Blomfield, Charles James
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	23134

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O643751/the-right-reverend-c-j-print-ward-james/

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