Portrait of Christopher Sharp: P.14839-R

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Portrait of Christopher Sharp

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Sharp, Christopher
Draughtsman: Orde, Thomas (After)

Entities

Print

Categories

Print

Description

Etching and stipple on paper. Head and shoulders portrait of a man in profile facing right. He wears a short wig with thick curls at the base and a plain coat and collar. Inscription in pen and ink below the platemark at lower centre: 'Sharpe the Turner of Cambridge who etched this & several other portraits'. Late proof of the same plate as seen in P.14840-R and P.14841-R, with all areas, including the background, highly worked.

Legal notes

Unknown

Acquisition and important dates

Dating

18th Century
Circa 1737 - Circa 1797

Note

Height 87mm (plate) x width 65mm (plate); height 115mm (sheet) x width 97mm (sheet)

School or Style

Techniques used in production

Stipple
Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14839-R
Primary reference Number: 225448
Stable URI

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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            The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Portrait of Christopher Sharp" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/225448 Accessed: 2024-05-03 02:59:00

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            University of Cambridge}}

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