The Reverend Mr. James Hervey
Print
1750s-1760s (published)
1750s-1760s (published)
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Print, half-length portrait, turned to front, wearing gown and bands and resting right hand on a Bible on a table.
Object details
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Title | The Reverend Mr. James Hervey (assigned by artist) |
Materials and techniques | Mezzotint on paper |
Brief description | Print, half-length portrait of James Hervey. Mezzotint by John Dixon after John Michael Williams, 1750s-1760s. |
Physical description | Print, half-length portrait, turned to front, wearing gown and bands and resting right hand on a Bible on a table. |
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Content description | Portrait of a clergyman, half-length and resting his hand on a book. |
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Marks and inscriptions | 'Done from the Original Picture of I. Williams in the possession of Mr. Wm. Hervey. I: Dixon Fecit. The Reverend Mr. James Hervey, and late Rector of Weston Favell in Northamptonshire, and the Celebrated Author of Theron & Asphasio, Meditations & Contemplations, &c. &c. Price 1/6 Printed for John Bowles, at the Black Horse in Cornhill.' (Lettered) |
Production | 2nd state. |
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Bibliographic reference | Smith, John Chaloner. British Mezzotinto Portraits. London: Henry Sotheran & Co., 1883. Vol. 1, p.211.
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Collection | |
Accession number | 22459 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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