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John Armstrong M.D.
Title
John Armstrong M.D. [graphic] / Sr. Joshua Reynolds pinxt. ; Edwd. Fisher sculpt.
Edition
[State 3].
Publication
[London] : [publisher not identified], [between 1760 and 1789?]
Physical Description
1 print : mezzotint ; sheet 42 x 27.2 cm
Medium
laid paper.
Notes
Title engraved below image.
State from: Russell, C.E. English Mezzotint portraits and their states.
Date range for publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1902,1011.2113.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Two lines of verse below title: The suffrage of the wise, the praise that's worth ambition, is attain'd by sense alone, & dignity of mind.
Provenance
Formerly owned by R.B. Sheridan (the dramatist's grandson), who undertook the copious extra-illustration of the volumes. Later owned by Sheridan's descendant Lady Wavertree.
Summary
"Portrait seen almost half-length to right, head in three-quarter profile to right, wearing wig and partially open coat; after Reynolds (Mannings 73); lettered state after quotation re-arranged on two lines."--British Museum online catalogue.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 23, 2023
References
Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 1, page 72
Hamilton, E. Catalogue raisonné of the engraved works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, page 2
Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits, v. 2, no. 3, page 486
Russell, C.E. English mezzotint portraits and their states, v. 2, page 106
Subjects
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Genre/Form
Portrait prints.
Mezzotints - England - London - 1760.
Annotations (Provenance) - 18th century.
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