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The Right Reverend C. J. Blomfield, D.D. Lord Bishop of Chester

Print
May 1827 (published)
Artist/Maker
Ward, James (engraver)
Stocking, C. (publisher)
Lane, Samuel (artist)
Place of origin
London (published)

Three-quarter-length portrait, seated, turned slightly to right and looking to left, holding a roll of papers in left hand. The sitter is wearing his bishop's robes and a wig. To the left is a table with a book lettered on the spine: 'Biblior Comp.' In the right background is an archway.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Portraits
Object type
Print
TitleThe Right Reverend C. J. Blomfield, D.D. Lord Bishop of Chester (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Mezzotint on paper
Paper
Mezzotint
Brief description
Three-quarter-length portrait of Charles James Blomfield in bishop's robes. Mezzotint by William Ward after Samuel Lane, 1827.
Physical description
Three-quarter-length portrait, seated, turned slightly to right and looking to left, holding a roll of papers in left hand. The sitter is wearing his bishop's robes and a wig. To the left is a table with a book lettered on the spine: 'Biblior Comp.' In the right background is an archway.
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 60.9cm
  • Cut to width: 43.8cm
Measured by SH 11/10/2010
Style
British School
Marks and inscriptions
'Painted by Samuel Lane Esqr. Engraved by Wm. Ward Engraver to H.R.H. the Duke of Clarence 12 Mornington Place, Hampstead Road. The Right Reverend C. J. Blomfield, D.D. Lord Bishop of Chester. London, Published May 1827 by C. Stocking 3 Paternoster Row.' (Lettered)
Subjects depicted
Bishop
Rochet
Chimere
Blomfield, Charles James
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
23134

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O643751/the-right-reverend-c-j-print-ward-james/
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