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Portrait of Christopher Sharp: P.14841-R

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Portrait of Christopher Sharp

Maker(s)

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

Entities

Categories

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. State just prior to that where the image is reduced to an oval. See P.14840-R. P.14839-R, P.14840-R and P.14841-R are proofs of an etched portrait of Sharp relating to the same plate. An inscription in pen and ink is visible on the verso. This is transcribed in a curatorial hand on the verso of the artist's board onto which it is laid down: 'C Sharpe / Frame Maker / John Street / Cambridge / Done by himself / From a Drawg / of Mr Harding / C # / his mark'.

Legal notes

Unknown

Acquisition and important dates

by unknown

Dating

18th Century
Circa 1737 - Circa 1797

Note

Height 87mm (plate) x width 65mm (plate); height 91mm (sheet) x width 70mm (sheet)

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Stipple
Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14841-R
Primary reference Number: 225450
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Wednesday 5 September 2018 Updated: Monday 7 January 2019 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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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Portrait of Christopher Sharp" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/225450 Accessed: 2024-12-19 05:40:57

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