Accession No

2967

Brief Description

print, engraving, portrait of James Brindley, engineer, by Robert Dunkarton after F. Parsons, English, 1773

Origin

England

Maker

Dunkarton, Robert

Class

prints

Earliest Date

1773

Latest Date

1773

Inscription Date

1773

Material

paper; card; glass; wood

Dimensions

height 628mm; breadth 490mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from Robert Douwma Prints & Maps Ltd, Covent Garden, London, 08/1983.

Inscription

‘Fr. Parsons Vinxt. R Dunkarton fecit 1773.’ (bottom of portrait)
‘Mr. James Brindley
Engineer to his Grace the Duke of Bridgewater
and to the Canal Navigations now Carrying on in different parts of the Kingdom.
Publish’d Augst: 2 by W: Shropshire, N: 158, New Bond Street.’ (Bottom of print)

Description Notes

Mezzotint print after a painting by Francis Parsons. Brindley is portrayed standing beside a surveyor’s level. In the background are vessels crossing the aqueduct over the River Irwell at Barton.
Mounted and framed.

Condition good (inkspot at bottom LH corner, also ink showing through from reverse at bottom); complete

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