James Thornton, the King's gardener at Kew

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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.

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Categories	Prints Portraits
Object type	Print
Title	James 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 created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O568713/james-thornton-the-kings-gardener-print-houston-richard/

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