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Charles Mason, D.D.: P.14864-R

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Charles Mason, D.D.

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Bretherton, James

Entities

Categories

Description

Etching and drypoint on laid paper. Head-and-shoulders portrait of a late-middle-aged man wearing a powdered wig, clerical bands and academic gown, facing right with head three-quarters turned to face the viewer. Within a rectangular border. Engraved onto the plate at lower right: 'I[J] Bretherton'. The title engraved below in a combination of closed letters and sloping script: 'CHARLES MASON, D.D. / Fellow of Trinity College, / & Woodwardian Professor, in the University of Cambridge, / ----- / Died 18.th Dec.r MDCCLXX. Aged LXXII'.

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Unknown

Acquisition and important dates

by unknown

Dating

18th Century
Production date: circa AD 1770

Note

Height 200mm (plate) x width 150mm (plate)

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Drypoint
Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14864-R
Primary reference Number: 225474
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

Citation for print

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Charles Mason, D.D." Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/225474 Accessed: 2024-03-29 10:04:43

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{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/225474 |title=Charles Mason, D.D. |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-03-29 10:04:43|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

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