George Caswall: P.14815-R

Current Location: In storage

Titles

George Caswall
Portrait of George Caswall, aged eight years

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Durand, David Henry, Rev.

Entities

Print

Categories

Print

Description

Etching on satin laid down on paper and trimmed (unevenly). Head and shoulders portrait in profile facing right of a young boy with long, curly hair tied back in a pony-tail and wearing a smart coat with braiding and buttons down the front and on the cuff of the right sleeve. Lettering below the image: 'George Caswall An A[e]t. 8 / Nummus pare[?ntum] [?rester] et Urbis amor'. The portrait is laid down on a larger sheet of wove paper which is cut around an inscription in graphite along the lower edge: 'Etch'd by Rev David Durand / Minister of the French-Church in Threadneedle / Street'. See Notes.

Legal notes

Unknown

Acquisition and important dates

Dating

18th Century
Production date: before AD 1742

Note

Height 107mm (primary and secondary support) x width 83mm (primary and secondary support); height 143mm (tertiary support) x width 148mm (tertiary support)

School or Style

Techniques used in production

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14815-R
Primary reference Number: 225424
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Audit data

Created: Wednesday 5 September 2018 Updated: Monday 7 January 2019

Associated departments & institutions

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

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