The Revd. Andrew Bell

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Artist/Maker	Turner, Charles (engraver) Turner, Charles (publisher) Owen, William (artist)
Place of origin	London (published)

Three-quarter-length portrait, seated, turned to left and looking to front; holding a sheet of paper with both hands and resting right arm on a table with books. The sitter is wearing spectacles, a rochet, chimere and bands.

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Categories	Portraits Prints Scotland
Object type	Print
Title	The Revd. Andrew Bell (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Mezzotint on paper Paper Mezzotint
Brief description	Three-quarter-length portrait of the Reverend Andrew Bell, seated and wearing robes. Mezzotint on paper by Charles Turner after William Owen, 1813.
Physical description	Three-quarter-length portrait, seated, turned to left and looking to front; holding a sheet of paper with both hands and resting right arm on a table with books. The sitter is wearing spectacles, a rochet, chimere and bands.
Dimensions	Cut to height: 63.3cm Cut to width: 47.7cm Measured by SH 27/09/2010
Style	British School
Marks and inscriptions	'Painted by W. Owen Esqr. R.A. Portrait Painter to H.R.H. the Prince Regent. Engraved by C. Turner, Warren Street, Fitzroy Square. The Revd. Andrew Bell, D.D. LLD. F.A. S.S. F.R.S. Ed. Master of Sherburn Hospital, Durham. Taken from a Portrait in possession of the National Society for education of the Poor in the principles of the Church of England on the Madras System, and engraved at the request of the original Pupils of the Egmore Asylum. London, Published for the Proprietor Jany. 29 1813 by C. Turner, 50 Warren Street, Fitzroy Square.' (Lettered)
Production	Attribution note: Open letter proof
Subjects depicted	Chimere Rochet Spectacles Robes Bell, Andrew (Rev.)
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	22956

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O644301/the-revd-andrew-bell-print-turner-charles/

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