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James McArdell

Print
20 April 1771 (published)
Artist/Maker
Robert Sayer (publisher)
Earlom, Richard (engraver)
McArdell, James (artist)
Place of origin
London (published)

Portrait, half-length, facing slightly left, wearing a dark cloak and powdered wig, and holding an engraving tool.. On the left is a plate which the sitter is engraving.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Portraits
Object type
Print
TitleJames McArdell (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Mezzotint
Mezzotint
Brief description
Print, portrait of James McArdell, mezzotint by Richard Earlom after James McArdell, 1771.
Physical description
Portrait, half-length, facing slightly left, wearing a dark cloak and powdered wig, and holding an engraving tool.. On the left is a plate which the sitter is engraving.
Dimensions
  • Height: 45.1cm
  • Width: 32.7cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959. London: HMSO, 1964.
Styles
Georgian
British School
Copy number
2nd state
Marks and inscriptions
'Jac. McArdel delin. 1765. Richd. Earlom fecit. R. Sayer Excudit. London, Printed for Robt. Sayer, No.53 in Fleet Street, Published as the Act directs 20 April, 1771.' (Lettered with name of sitter etc. and)
Credit line
Given by Mrs. E. B. Westwood
Subjects depicted
Engraver
Plate
James McArdell
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959 . London: HMSO, 1964.
  • Wessely, Joseph Edward. Richard Earlom. Hamburg: Haendcke & Lehmkuhl, 1886. 1 p.l., viii, 94 p.
  • Smith, John Chaloner. British Mezzotinto Portraits. London: Henry Sotheran & Co., 1883.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.335-1959

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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