Portrait of John Rich

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Artist/Maker	New York Public Library (publisher)
Place of origin	New York (City) (published)

Reproduction of a full-length portrait of John Rich as Harlequin.

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Category	Prints
Object type	Print
Title	Portrait of John Rich (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Colour process engraving Engraving (Printing Process)
Brief description	Colour process engraving of a portrait of John Rich, 1964. Reproduction of an engraving made in 1753 after an unidentified artist.
Physical description	Reproduction of a full-length portrait of John Rich as Harlequin.
Dimensions	Part of a series of prints listed as being of 'various sizes' in Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1967. London: HMSO, 1968.
Object history	Part of a series, entitled 'Dancing in Prints', produced to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the New-York Public Library Dance Collection, 1964.
Subjects depicted	Harlequin Rich, John
Associated objects	E.15-1967 (Series) E.16-1967 (Series) E.17-1967 (Series) E.19-1967 (Series) E.20-1967 (Series) E.21-1967 (Series) E.22-1967 (Series) E.23-1967 (Series) E.24-1967 (Series) E.25-1967 (Series) E.26-1967 (Series)
Bibliographic reference	Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1967 . London: HMSO, 1968.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.18-1967

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O693824/portrait-of-john-rich-print-new-york-public/

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