Pierce Egan

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Artist/Maker	Turner, Charles (engraver) Egan, Pierce (publisher) Sharples, George (artist)
Place of origin	London (published)

Three-quarter length portrait, to right, seated and looking to front; head resting on left hand and elbow on table; holding papers in right hand; bookshelves in left background.

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Categories	Prints Portraits
Object type	Print
Title	Pierce Egan (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Mixed mezzotint on paper Paper Mezzotint
Brief description	Print, three-quarter length portrait of Pierce Egan seated in a chair. Mixed mezzotint by Charles Turner after George Sharples, 1832?
Physical description	Three-quarter length portrait, to right, seated and looking to front; head resting on left hand and elbow on table; holding papers in right hand; bookshelves in left background.
Dimensions	Height: 36.2cm Width: 25.4cm 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	'Drawn by George Sharples. Engraved on steel by C. Turner. Pierce Egan, Author Of The Original Works Of Life In London, Tom and Jerry, Life of an Actor, Trip to Ascot Races, Boxiana, Show Folks, Walks through Bath, Book of Sports, &c. &c. &c. and Life in Dublin, produced at the Theatre Royal, Hawkins Street, Dublin on Tuesday Feby. 18 1834, with the most decided success. Printed for Pierce Egan, Junr. June 1st. 1832, 4 Paget Place, Waterloo Road, London.' (Lettered)
Production	The date of publication is given as 1832, but a reference to a performance of a play by Egan on 18 February 1834 suggests it was published later.
Subjects depicted	Author Journalist Books Egan, Pierce
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	22847

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O644572/pierce-egan-print-turner-charles/

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