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The Rt Honble John Foster: P.86-1950

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

The Rt Honble John Foster
Portrait of John Foster, 1st Baron of Oriel, 1740-1828

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hodges, Charles Howard
Publisher: Cowen, George
Painter: Stuart, Gilbert (After)

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

Purchased from the Perceval Fund, October 1950

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1950)

Dating

18th Century
Production date: AD 1792

Note

Inscriptions on bottom "Speaker of the House of Commons of Ireland", and "Painted by C.G. Stuart" and "Engrav'd by C.H. Hodges" and "Publish'd Jany. 2d. 1792 by George Cowen, at Thomas Macklin's Poets Gallery, Fleet Street, London; & at his House, Grafton Street, Dublin".

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Mezzotint

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.86-1950
Primary reference Number: 206152
Chaloner Smith: 15.II
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Audit data

Created: Thursday 13 August 2015 Updated: Tuesday 18 August 2015 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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