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The Reverend Mr. James Hervey

Print
1750s-1760s (published)
Artist/Maker
John Dixon (engraver)
Bowles (publisher)
John Michael Williams (artist)
Place of origin
London (published)

Print, half-length portrait, turned to front, wearing gown and bands and resting right hand on a Bible on a table.


Object details

Categories
Portraits
Prints
Object type
Print
TitleThe Reverend Mr. James Hervey (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Mezzotint on paper
Paper
Mezzotint
Brief description
Print, half-length portrait of James Hervey. Mezzotint by John Dixon after John Michael Williams, 1750s-1760s.
Physical description
Print, half-length portrait, turned to front, wearing gown and bands and resting right hand on a Bible on a table.
Dimensions
  • Sheet height: 40.3cm (cut)
  • Sheet width: 29.5cm (cut)
Measured by SH 09/09/2011
Content description
Portrait of a clergyman, half-length and resting his hand on a book.
Styles
British School
Georgian
Marks and inscriptions
'Done from the Original Picture of I. Williams in the possession of Mr. Wm. Hervey. I: Dixon Fecit. The Reverend Mr. James Hervey, and late Rector of Weston Favell in Northamptonshire, and the Celebrated Author of Theron & Asphasio, Meditations & Contemplations, &c. &c. Price 1/6 Printed for John Bowles, at the Black Horse in Cornhill.' (Lettered)
Production
2nd state.
Subjects depicted
Man
Clergyman
Bible
Reverend James Hervey
Bibliographic reference
Smith, John Chaloner. British Mezzotinto Portraits. London: Henry Sotheran & Co., 1883. Vol. 1, p.211.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
22459

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O645705/the-reverend-mr-james-hervey-print-john-dixon/
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