Accession No

5241

Brief Description

Mezzotint portrait of James Feguson (1710 - 1776), by Haward after Northcote, published 1776

Origin

England

Maker

Haward (engraver) Northcote (original artist)

Class

prints

Earliest Date

1776

Latest Date

1776

Inscription Date

20-3-1776

Material

paper

Dimensions

height 366mm; breadth 264mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from Grosvenor Prints, 28-32 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9HP on 12/03/1998.

Inscription

‘Published March 20, 1776 for W.. Shropshire No.. 158, New Bond Street’ (at bottom of print)
‘James Ferguson F.R.S.’ (in pencil, at bottom of print)
‘Lecturer in Astronomy’ (in pencil on verso)
‘V fine
320
[?messy edges? illegible]
geo.3.IX_’ (in pencil on verso)

Description Notes

Mezzotint portrait of James Ferguson. Ferguson is pictured in robes with two books. The portrait is set within the depiction of an oval frame, the region outside the frame being plain.

Condition fair (slight damage around edges of print, some spotting); complete

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