Museum Object Number1965.2990 |
Print (Mezzotint)
The Earl of Buchan (David Stuart Erskine)
Prints and Maps
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
John Finlayson (Mezzotinter)
Sir Joshua Reynolds (Painter)
c.17301723
c.17761792
London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
1. Inscription; Lower left beneath image; J. Reynolds Pinx,,\t
2. Inscription; Lower right beneath image; J. Finlayson fecit.
3. Inscription; Bottom left; Publish'd according to Act of Parliament Nov,,\r 22.\d 1765.
4. Inscription; Bottom right; Sold at the Golden Lamp in Berwick Street, price 5'.
Portrait
Ink; Paper (laid)
Mezzotint
16.1 (H) , 12.1 (W) , 14.9 (Image H) , 10.9 (Image W)
40.9 (H) , 30.7 (W) , 14.9 (Image H) , 10.9 (Image W)
Plate H: 15.1 in. (38.3 cm). Plate W: 11.1 in. (28.1 cm).
11/22/1765
Golden Lamp, Berwick Street, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
II
None
First edition with title: "Lord Cardross."
Text available soon.
[Book] Smith, John Chaloner. 1884 British Mezzotinto Portraits; Being a Descriptive Catalogue of These Engravings from the Introduction of the Art to the early part of the present century. 2. 461-940.
• Listed under Finlayson, no. 3, p. 478.
[Book] Mannings, David. 2000 Sir Joshua Reynolds: a complete catalogue of his paintings.
• See p. 182
[Book] Penny, Nicholas. 1986 Reynolds. 408 p.
• See cat. no. 56, pp. 223-4 & fig. 86, pp. 344-54.
[Article] Munby, A. N. L. 1947 "Nathaniel Hone's 'Conjurer'". Connoisseur. CXX (December): 82-4.
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[Book] Smith, George. 1921 The Dictionary of National Biography Founded in 1882 by George Smith: Edited by Sir Leslie Stephen and Sir Sidney Lee: From the Earliest Times to 1900.
• For additional information about the sitter, see vol.7.
[Book] The British Museum, et al. Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits Preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings.
• I:270
[Book] Graves, Algernon. 1901 A history of the works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A. 3.
• See p. 149.