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Lieutenant-General William Kingsley

Print
1760 (published)
Artist/Maker
Robert Sayer (publisher)
Houston, Richard (engraver)
Houston, Richard (publisher)
Jeffreys, Thomas (publisher)
Reynolds, Joshua (Sir) (artist)
Place of origin
London (published)

Portrait, half-length, in military uniform and facing slightly right.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Portraits
Object type
Print
TitleLieutenant-General William Kingsley (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Mezzotint
Mezzotint
Brief description
Print, half-length portrait of Lieutenant-General William Kingsley, mezzotint by Richard Houston after Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1760.
Physical description
Portrait, half-length, in military uniform and facing slightly right.
Dimensions
  • Height: 39.1cm
  • Width: 27.9cm
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
1st state
Marks and inscriptions
'J. Reynolds pinxt. R. Houston fecit 1760. Printed for Richd. Houston at Charing Cross, Thos. Jeffreys the Corner of St. Martins Lane, & Robt. Sayer, at the Golden Buck in Fleet Street.' (Lettered with name of sitter etc. and)
Credit line
Given by Mrs E. B. Westwood
Subjects depicted
Officer
Governor
General
Uniform
Kingsley, William (Lieutenant-General)
Associated object
E.410-1959 (Copy)
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.411-1959

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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