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William Kent

Print
ca. 1828 (made)
Artist/Maker
Cook, J. W. (engravers)
Aikman, William (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

Portrait print of William Kent, depicting him wearing a robe or open jacket and soft cap. The portrait is set in a decorative cartouche, surrounded by ornamental motifs and architectural and painting tools.

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read William Kent: designing Georgian Britain William Kent (1685 – 1748) was the leading architect and designer of early Georgian Britain. Credited as having introduced the Palladian style of architecture into England and originating the 'natural' style of gardening known as the English landscape garden, Kent was a polymath, who also ...

Object details

Categories
Prints
Portraits
Object type
Print
TitleWilliam Kent (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
engraving (in volume)
Paper
Engraving
Brief description
Portrait of William Kent, engraving, J. W. Cook after W. Aikman, Great Britain, 1828
Physical description
Portrait print of William Kent, depicting him wearing a robe or open jacket and soft cap. The portrait is set in a decorative cartouche, surrounded by ornamental motifs and architectural and painting tools.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.5in
  • Width: 8.75in
Size of volume. Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1929, London: Board of Education, 1930.
Production
Proof before letters of a plate published in 'Anecdotes of Painting in England...' by Horace Walpole.
Subject depicted
Kent, William
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1929, London: Board of Education, 1930.
  • Anecdotes of Painting in England
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.2121-1929

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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