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The Right Honourable Robert Walpole: P.52-1952

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

The Right Honourable Robert Walpole
Portrait of Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, 1676-1745

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Faber, John II
Publisher: Faber, John II
Painter: Vanloo, Carle (After)

Entities

Categories

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 1741

Note

Inscriptions on bottom "Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter, First Lord Commissioner of His Majestie's Treasury, Chancellor and Under Treasurer of the Exchequer, one of His Majesties most Honble Privy Council, and one of the Lords of the Regency Anno 1741" and "Vanloo Pinxt" and "J Faber Fecit" and "Price 5S Sold by Faber at ye Golden Head in Bloomsbury Square.".

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Mezzotint

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.52-1952
Primary reference Number: 206160
Chaloner Smith: 372.II
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Audit data

Created: Thursday 13 August 2015 Updated: Friday 28 August 2015 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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