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Thomas Babington Macaulay
Title
[Thomas Babington Macaulay] [graphic].
Publication
[London?] : [publisher not identified], [not before 1849]
Physical Description
1 print : stipple engraving ; sheet 10.6 x 8.8 cm
Medium
wove paper.
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Probably after a drawing by George Richmond, completed in 1849 or 1850 when Macaulay was 49 years old. For a nearly identical engraving by W. Holl after the same drawing, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1906,1123.12. See also: Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 3, page 117, no. 6.
Description based on an imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with possible loss of text.
Provenance
Borden Sale, American Art Gallery, 17-19 February 1913, lot 812. Rains Galleries, New York, NY, 27 November 1935 (W.D. Breaker sale), lot 688, bought in by Breaker.
Summary
Portrait of Thomas Babington Macaulay at age 49; bust-length, directed to front, with head turned slightly right; wearing an open coat, jacket or waistcoat, shirt with standing collar, and neckerchief.
Format
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 18, 2024
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Portrait prints.
Stipple engravings - England - London - 1849.
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