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Sr. James Thornhill
Title
Sr. James Thornhill [graphic] / Wm. Hogarth pinxt. ; S. Ireland sculpt.
Publication
[London] : [S. Ireland], [1794]
Physical Description
1 print : etching ; plate mark 22.8 x 15.9 cm
Medium
wove paper.
Notes
Title from caption below image.
Plate from: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth ... 1794, vol. i, p. 86.
Provenance
Gift of Joseph Verner Reed (Yale 1926) to the Yale Library, 1958. Portions were transferred to Lewis Walpole Library 1960. For other items from this gift refer to Beinecke Library's GEN MSS 1000.
George Steevens bequeathed this collection to William Windham (1750-1810). At Windham's death, the collection was put up for sale on 20 July 1810 and was bought in by Mrs. Windham at 292 guineas; by descent through the Windham family; Sotheby's, 17 February 1919 to Dyson Perrins for £400; Sotheby's sale including Property of the Late C.W. Dyson Perrins, Esq., 11 June 1959, lot 100 purchased by Maggs Bros. for W.S. Lewis for £1300.
Summary
Half-length portrait of Sir James Thornhill, slightly turned to the right.
Variant and related titles
Sir James Thornhill
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 18, 2013
References
Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 4, p. 276, no. 8
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Etchings - England - London - 1794.
Book illustrations.
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