Print (Mezzotint)

  • Title:

    The Reverend WILLIAM PERCEY.

  • Category:

    Prints and Maps

  • Creator (Role):

    John Russell (Painter)

    Richard Houston (Mezzotinter)

    Carington Bowles (Publisher)

  • Place of Origin:

    London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

  • Date:

    July 5 1774 (1774-1774)

  • Materials:

    Ink; Paper (laid)

  • Techniques:

    Stipple Etched, Line Etched, Engraved

  • Museum Object Number:

    1976.0052


  • Complete Details



Object Number

1976.0052

Object Name

Print (Mezzotint)

Title

The Reverend WILLIAM PERCEY.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

John Russell (Painter)
1745-1806

Richard Houston (Mezzotinter)
1721-1775

Carington Bowles (Publisher)
1724-1793
Carington Bowles (1724-1793) was trained by his father John Bowles (1701-1779) and they traded together from 1754 to 1764 as John Bowles and Son at the Black Horse in Cornhill. John's brother, Thomas Bowles (1695 or 1712-1767), had a similar business in St. Paul's Churchyard, which Carington took over in 1764 when his uncle retired. Carington and John then began trading separately under their own names. Carington was succeeded by his son Henry Carington Bowles (1763-1830), who printed under the name Bowles and Carver. John was succeeded by Robert Wilkinson.

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

July 5 1774 (1774-1774)

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower left beneath image; From the Original Picture painted by J. Russel
2. Inscription; Center beneath image; Carington Bowles excudit.
3. Inscription; Lower right beneath image; R. Houston fecit. Published as the Act directs 5 July, 1774.
4. Inscription; Bottom center; Printed for Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, N.\o 69 in S.\t Paul's Church Yard, London.

Subjects

Clergy; Portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Stipple Etched, Line Etched, Engraved

Dimensions (inches)

14.1 (H) , 10.1 (W) , 13.94 (Image H) , 10 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

35.9 (H) , 25.6 (W) , 13.94 (Image H) , 10 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at right. W at top. Plate measurements not available.

Publisher Summary

Bowles, Carington

Publication Date

07/05/1774

Place of Publication

No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Watermark

none

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.
Listed as no. 89, pp. 678-79.