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The Right Honble Charles James Fox: P.166-1947

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

The Right Honble Charles James Fox
Portrait of Charles James Fox, 1749-1806

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Pether, William
Publisher: Brydon, John
Painter: Nollekens, Joseph (After)

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Legal notes

Bought from the Perceval Fund with the aid of a donation from Louis C. G. Clarke M.A. 1947

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1947)

Dating

18th Century
Production date: AD 1792

Note

Inscriptions on bottom "Semper honos, nomenque tuum, laudesque manebunt / Virgil" and "Model'd from Life by J. Nollekens Esqr. R.A." and "Drawn & Engraved by W. Pether F.S.A." and "Publish'd Jany. 1. 1792 by J. Brydon, at his Looking Glass & Print Warehouse, Charing Cross, London".

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Mezzotint

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.166-1947
Primary reference Number: 206093
Whitman (Pether): 44.IV

Audit data

Created: Thursday 13 August 2015 Updated: Friday 5 July 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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