The Right Honble. Edmund Burke
Print
10/12/1790 (published)
10/12/1790 (published)
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Portrait, half-length in a rectangular border, to right, hair curled. The four top buttons of the sitter's shirt are unbuttoned.
Object details
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| Title | The Right Honble. Edmund Burke (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Mezzotint on paper |
| Brief description | Portrait, half-length, of Edmund Burke. Mezzotint by John Jones after George Romney, 1790. |
| Physical description | Portrait, half-length in a rectangular border, to right, hair curled. The four top buttons of the sitter's shirt are unbuttoned. |
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| Copy number | 2nd state |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'Painted by G. Romney Engraved by J. Jones Principal Engraver to H.R.H. the Duke of York The Right Honble. Edmund Burke. London Published as the Act directs, Decr. 10 1790, by J. Jones, No.75 Great Portland Street.' (Lettered) |
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| Bibliographic reference | Smith, John Chaloner. British Mezzotinto Portraits. London: Henry Sotheran & Co., 1883. Vol. 3, p. 744.
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | 22111 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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