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William Bates

Print
15/02/1792 (published)
Artist/Maker
Valentine and Rupert Green (publisher)
Green, Valentine (engraver)
Abbott, Lemuel Francis (artist)
Place of origin
London (published)

Portrait, almost whole-length, of William Bates seated at a table. The sitter is shown facing slightly left, wearing a bobbed wig and an overcoat, buttoned up. His right hand, in which he holds a quill, is resting on the table; his left hand is resting on his left knee.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Portraits
Object type
Print
TitleWilliam Bates (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Mezzotint
Mezzotint
Brief description
Print, portrait of William Bates seated at a table. Mezzotint by Valentine Green after Lemuel Francis Abbott, 1792.
Physical description
Portrait, almost whole-length, of William Bates seated at a table. The sitter is shown facing slightly left, wearing a bobbed wig and an overcoat, buttoned up. His right hand, in which he holds a quill, is resting on the table; his left hand is resting on his left knee.
Dimensions
  • Height: 51.4cm
  • Width: 45.4cm
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
'Painted by L. F. Abbott. Engraved by V. Green, Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty & to the Elector Palatine. Published Feby: 15th: 1792 by V. & R. Green, London.' (Lettered with name of sitter, dedication etc. and)
Credit line
Given by Mrs E. B. Westwood
Subjects depicted
Wig
Quill
Bates, William
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. Vol. 2, p.535.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.380-1959

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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