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The Right Honble. Nicholas Vansittart

Print
1815 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Three-quarter-length portrait, seated in an armchair, turned to left and looking to front; resting left arm on chair and the right on a seal placed on a table. The sitter is wearing his chancellor's robes.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleThe Right Honble. Nicholas Vansittart (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Mezzotint on paper
Brief description
Three-quarter-length portrait of Nicholas Vansittart, first Baron Bexley, seated in a chair and wearing chancellor's robes. Mezzotint by William Ward after William Owen, 1815.
Physical description
Three-quarter-length portrait, seated in an armchair, turned to left and looking to front; resting left arm on chair and the right on a seal placed on a table. The sitter is wearing his chancellor's robes.
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 53cm
  • Cut to width: 37.8cm
Measured by SH 27/09/2010
Style
Marks and inscriptions
'Painted by W. Owen Esqr. R.A. Portrait Painter to His R.H. the Prince Regent Engraved by W. Ward A.R.A. Engraver to their R.H. the Prince Regent & Duke of York The Right Honble. Nicholas Vansittart, Chancellor of the Exchequer - 1815' (Lettered)
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
22062

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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