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An Envoy - Extra - Ordinary.: P.14721-R

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

An Envoy - Extra - Ordinary.
HB Sketches No. 249

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Doyle, John (HB)
Publisher: McLean, Thomas

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Description

Lithograph (uncoloured) on white wove paper. Inlaid within a frame of buff wove paper (approx. height 360mm x width 515mm). Viewed in profile, facing right, a short figure in a tail coat and top hat, the Portuguese diplomat, Domingos António de Sousa Coutinho, 1st Count Funchal, supporter of Queen Maria II of Portugal. Signed with monogram at lower left: 'HB'. Title printed below the border: 'AN ENVOY - EXTRA - ORDINARY.'. The publisher's details printed below centre: 'Published by Thos. McLean, 26, Haymarket, March 15th. 1833.'. A small, circular blind stamp at lower left: 'THOs. MCLEAN'. Printer's details given below publisher: 'A. Ducôté's Lithogy. 70, St. Martins Lane'. Printed above the border at upper right: 'HB Sketches No. 249'.

Legal notes

Given by Mrs J.E. Foster, 1895

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1895) by Foster, J.E., Mrs

Dating

19th Century
Production date: AD 1833-03-15

Note

Height 330mm x width 227mm

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Lithography

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14721-R
Primary reference Number: 225310
McLean: 249
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Audit data

Created: Wednesday 5 September 2018 Updated: Thursday 6 January 2022 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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