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Lord Pigot: P.54-1952

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Lord Pigot
Portrait of George, Lord Pigot, 1719-1777

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Green, Benjamin
Publisher: Green, Benjamin
Painter: Stubbs, George (After)

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Legal notes

Given by Louis C. G. Clarke, Trinity Hall, February 1952

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1952) by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray

Dating

18th Century
Production date: AD 1769

Note

Inscriptions on bottom "Benjamin Green ft 1769" and "George Stubbs Pinxt." and "From an Original Picture in the colelction of the Right Honourable Lord Pigot" and "London published as the Act directs May 10 1769 & Sold by B. Green Drawing Mast in Christ's Hospital Messrs Ryland & Bryer, Mr Parker No 87in Cornhill, Mr Boydell Cheapside, Mrs Bull Ludgate Hill, Mr Sayer Fleet Street, & most of the Print Shops."

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Mezzotint

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.54-1952
Primary reference Number: 206107
Lennox-Boyd/Dixon/Clayton: 6 iii/iv
Chaloner Smith: 2 ii

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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