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Lord Francis Spencer

Print
01/10/1810 (published)
Artist/Maker
Bennet, Woodstock, Archer & Wyatt (publisher)
Turner, Charles (engraver)
Turner, Charles (publisher)
William, Owen (artist)
Place of origin
London (published)
Oxford (published)

Portrait, half-length, facing slightly left and wearing the uniform of the Oxfordshire Yeomanry Cavalry and a fur-trimmed coat..

Object details

Categories
Prints
Portraits
Object type
Print
TitleLord Francis Spencer (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Mezzotint
Mezzotint
Brief description
Print, half-length portrait of Francis Spencer, 1st Baron Churchill, wearing military uniform. Mezzotint by Charles Turner after William Owen, 1810. Proof.
Physical description
Portrait, half-length, facing slightly left and wearing the uniform of the Oxfordshire Yeomanry Cavalry and a fur-trimmed coat..
Dimensions
  • Height: 35.6cm
  • Width: 25.4cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959. London: HMSO, 1964.
Style
British School
Production typeProof
Copy number
2nd state
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Painted by W. Owen. Esqr. R.A. Portrait Painter to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. Engraved by C. Turner. London, Published Octr. 1. 1810 by C. Turner, No.50, Warren Street, Fitzroy Square. Mr. Bennet, Woodstock, Mr. Archer & Mr. Wyatt, High Street, Oxford.' (>Lettered with name of sitter, dedication to the Oxfordshire Yeomanry and)
  • '20. Proof Sir H: W. Dashwood Bart.' (Inscribed in ink)
Credit line
Given by Mrs E. B. Westwood
Object history
This portrait was made when the sitter was known as Lord Francis Spencer.
Subjects depicted
Fur
Uniform
Spencer, Francis Almeric (1st Baron Churchill of Wychwood)
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959 . London: HMSO, 1964.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.611-1959

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O568522/lord-francis-spencer-print-turner-charles/
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