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Society of Goffers at Blackheath: P.369-1945

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Society of Goffers at Blackheath
Portrait of William Innes of Lime street square with a caddy

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Green, Valentine
Painter: Abbott, Lemuel Francis (After)

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: From the collection of James Burleigh James [Lugt 1425]; Sir William Augustus Fraser (1826-1898) [Lugt 2830].

History note: From the collection of Sir William Augustus Fraser (1826-1898) [Lugt 2831]; and from the collection of Reverend J. Burleigh James [Lugt 1425]

Legal notes

Purchased from the Perceval Fund, October 1945

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1945)

Dating

18th Century
Production date: AD 1790

Note

Inscriptions on bottom "To the Society of Goffers at Blackheath. This Plate is with just Respect Dedicated by Their most humble servant Samuel Francis Abbott" and "Painted by L. F. Abbott 1790." and "Engraved by V. Green Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty & the Elector Palatine" and "Published Novr. 22d. 1790 by L.F. Abbott Caroline Street Bedford Square London".

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Mezzotint

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Published Nov.r 22.d 1790 by L.F. Abbott Caroline Street, Bedford Square London
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Address

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.369-1945
Primary reference Number: 200073
Chaloner-Smith: 75
Whiteman (Green): 133
Lugt: 2830
Lugt: 1425
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Audit data

Created: Wednesday 14 January 2015 Updated: Monday 8 November 2021 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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