Skip to main content

Mr William Read the famous Oculist: AD.11.21-191

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Mr William Read the famous Oculist

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Faithorne, William, the Younger
Publisher: Cooper, Edward
Printmaker: Williams, Robert (C17th)

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: From the Cambridge University Library collection [Lugt 2475]

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Transferred (1876) by Cambridge University Library

Dating

18th Century
1702 CE - 1704 CE

Note

Altered from a plate that was originally a portrait of Thomas Betterton, engraved by Williams after Kneller

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Mezzotint

Identification numbers

Accession number: AD.11.21-191
Primary reference Number: 225593
Chaloner Smith: 7 iiia/iv (Williams)
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Monday 1 October 2018 Updated: Monday 1 October 2018 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

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Mr William Read the famous Oculist" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/225593 Accessed: 2024-11-23 10:11:45

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/225593 |title=Mr William Read the famous Oculist |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-23 10:11:45|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/objects/object-225593

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...