Lieutenant General William Thornton
Printmaker:
Turner, Charles
Publisher:
Turner, Charles
Painter:
Madame Varillat
(After)
After the portrait by Madame Varillat. Three-quarter-length, facing front and looking out at the spectator. Dressed in military uniform, holding a plumed hat under his left arm and the hilt of his sword with his left hand. Pointing with the first finger of his right hand to a manuscript on a table which can be read to the left: 'An Act / to abolish / the Punishment / of public / whipping / of female / offenders / 7th July / 1817' and to the right: 'SPEECH / OF / [Lieutena] NT GENERAL / THORNTON / HIS MOTION / IN / [HO] USE OF COMMONS / 7th OF MAY 1818 / DECLARATIONS'. Three books on shelf behind and to the left with spines lettered: 'Campaigns / Flanders / Holland / Germany'; 'Edmund / Burke'; 'Hawkins / Browne'.
by Unknown
19th Century
Production date:
1818-12-29
AD 1818
Mezzotint. Engraved on the plate with artists' names at lower left: 'Painted by Madame Varillat' and lower right: 'Engraved by C. Turner'. Title and dedication engraved in sloping script to either side of a shield with printed key at the centre: 'Lieutenant General William Thornton / First elected Representative in Parliament for New Woodstock 5th Oct.r 1812 / To the Corporation and Freemen of which Borough This Portrait is gratefully inscribed'. Publication details engraved at lower centre: 'London, Pub.d Dec.r 29, 1818 by C. Turner, 50 Warren S.t, Fitzroy Square'. Inscribed in graphite at upper centre: '34'. Inscribed on the verso in graphite: '17'.
Accession number: P.15094-R
Primary reference Number: 240122
Whitman (Turner): 558
O'Donoghue: 1
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Lieutenant General William Thornton" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/240122 Accessed: 2024-12-31 09:08:12
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/240122
|title=Lieutenant General William Thornton
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-31 09:08:12|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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-240122
Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...