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Sir William Blizard Knt.

Print
01/03/1810 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Three-quarter-length portrait, seated, turned slightly to tight and looking to left. The sitter is wearing robes and holding a paper in his left hand, with the right resting on the arm of a chair.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleSir William Blizard Knt. (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Mezzotint on paper
Brief description
Three-quarter-length portrait of Sir William Blizard, seated. Mezzotint by Samuel William Reynolds after John Opie, 1810.
Physical description
Three-quarter-length portrait, seated, turned slightly to tight and looking to left. The sitter is wearing robes and holding a paper in his left hand, with the right resting on the arm of a chair.
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 53.5cm
  • Cut to width: 39.5cm
Measured by SH 11/10/2010
Style
Marks and inscriptions
'Engraved by S.W. Reynolds, 47 Poland Street. London, Published 1805. Sir William Blizard Knt. F.R.S. &c. Professor of Anatomy & Surgery to the Royal College of Surgeons, and senior surgeon of the London Hospital, From the original Picture by John Opie, R.A. Painted for and in the Possession of Samuel Jackson Esqr. F.R.S. & A.S. Published (for the benifit [sic] of the London Hospital) March 1 1810 by Boydell & Compy. Cheapside, London.' (Lettered)
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
25704

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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