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To the Right Honble. and Honble. the trustees of the British Museum this print of The Honble. Sir William Hamilton, K.B. Envoy Extraordry. and Minister Plenipotentry. at Naples &c. &c. from an original picutre in their collection is with permission most respectfully inscribed by their obliged & obedt. servt. Henery Hudson
Title
To the Right Honble. and Honble. the trustees of the British Museum this print of The Honble. Sir William Hamilton, K.B. Envoy Extraordry. and Minister Plenipotentry. at Naples &c. &c. [graphic] : from an original picutre in their collection is with permission most respectfully inscribed by their obliged & obedt. servt. Henery Hudson / painted by Sir J. Reynolds ; engraved by H. Hudson.
Publication
[London] : Published Decr. 20th. 1787 by H. Hudson, and sold by J. Young No. 28 Newman Street, London, [20 December 1787]
Physical Description
1 print : mezzotint ; sheet 614 x 383 mm
Medium
wove paper
Notes
Title engraved below image.
Imprint from impression in the British Museum online catalogue.
Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Horace Walpole, with his ms. notes. Sold at the Strawberry Hill sale, 5th day, lot 646.
Summary
"Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 823); whole-length seated to left, facing and eyes to upper right, wearing sash and star, with a large volume held in both hands and resting on his lap, his left elbow resting on table to right with decorative jug and rolls of paper; the floor scattered with books, papers and artefacts, and a large urn to right; curtain above and landscape through window to left."--British Museum online catalogue.
Variant and related titles
Honble. Sir William Hamilton, K.B.
Honourable Sir William Hamilton, K.B.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
December 20, 2012
References
Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of prints and drawings in the British museum, v. 2, no. 2
Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits, 2.II
Hamilton, E. A catalogue raisonné of the engraved works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, p. 34.II
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Portrait prints.
Mezzotints - England - London - 1787.
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