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James Thornton, the King's gardener at Kew

Print
01/07/1770 (published)
Artist/Maker
Robert Sayer (publisher)
Houston, Richard (engraver)
Zoffany, Johan Joseph (artist)
Place of origin
London (published)

Portrait of James Thornton wearing a bobbed wig, dark coat and patterned waistcoat; facing slightly right, eyes to front, within a plain oval border.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Portraits
Object type
Print
TitleJames Thornton, the King's gardener at Kew (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Mezzotint
Mezzotint
Brief description
Print, half-length portrait of James Thornton in a plain oval border. Mezzotint by Richard Houston after Johan Zoffany, 1770.
Physical description
Portrait of James Thornton wearing a bobbed wig, dark coat and patterned waistcoat; facing slightly right, eyes to front, within a plain oval border.
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 31.1cm
  • Cut to width: 22.5cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959. London: HMSO, 1964.
Style
British School
Copy number
2nd state
Marks and inscriptions
' J. Zoffany pinxt. R Houston fecit London, printed for Robt. Sayer, No.53, Fleet Street, published as the Act directs, 1st July 1770.' (Lettered with name of sitter and)
Credit line
Given by Mrs E. B. Westwood
Subjects depicted
Gardener
Thornton, James
Associated object
E.417-1959 (Version)
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959 . London: HMSO, 1964.
  • Smith, John Chaloner. British Mezzotinto Portraits. London: Henry Sotheran & Co., 1883.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.418-1959

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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