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Sir Thomas Stepney

Portrait Miniature
1785 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Portrait bust, oval, to right and looking to front; wearing a brimmed hat and blue coat with gold buttons.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleSir Thomas Stepney (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour on ivory
Brief description
Portrait miniature of Sir Thomas Stepney. Watercolour on ivory, painted by George Engleheart, 1785.
Physical description
Portrait bust, oval, to right and looking to front; wearing a brimmed hat and blue coat with gold buttons.
Dimensions
  • Height: 51mm
  • Width: 38mm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1953. London: HMSO, 1963.
Styles
Credit line
Given by Miss Dorothy Manners
Object history
Mr. Thomas Stepney sat to Engleheart in 1785. He succeeded his elder brother as 8th baronet in 1811. Another portrait of Sir Thomas Stepney, Bart. dated 1787, by R. Cosway is P.45-1953.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1953 London: HMSO, 1963
Collection
Accession number
P.44-1953

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Record createdJuly 8, 2003
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