Object Number 1965.2963

Object Name

Print (Mezzotint)

Title

The Right Hon.\ble Henry Bilson Legge

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Richard Houston (Mezzotinter)
1721-1775

John Bowles & Son (Publisher)
1753/1754-1763/1764

William Hoare (Painter)
c.1707-1792

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1760-1770

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower center; Sold by John Bowles & Son, at the Black Horse in Cornhill.

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Mezzotint

Dimensions (inches)

14.1 (H) , 10 (W) , 13.9 (Image H) , 10 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

35.7 (H) , 25.5 (W) , 13.9 (Image H) , 10 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Trimmed within platemark.

Publisher Summary

John Bowles & Son

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom

State

Unidentified

Watermark

None

Edition Notes

Smith lists three states of this plate, none of which have the inscription as it appears on this impression. Possibly this is a IV state altered to remove the names of the artist, the engraver and then given a new publisher's address. (Smith 671).

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[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.
• p.671, no.70.