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S.S. D.D.: P.14823-R

Current Location: In storage

Titles

S.S. D.D.
Portrait of Samuel Salter, D.D., Master of Charterhouse

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vivarès, François

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Description

Etching on wove paper. Portrait of a late-middle-aged man, half-length, facing front, looking over the viewer's left shoulder. Wearing a powdered wig, a black gown and bands. Printmaker's name within the image at lower right: 'Vivares Sclp'. Engraved initials of the sitter on the plate at lower centre: 'S.S. D.D'. Horizontal lines used by the letter engraver still visible. Inscription in graphite at lower right: 'Samuel Salter - Master of Ch[arter] House / 1761 / pn [page number] 238 Smythe'. Inscription in graphite on the verso: 'Pn [page number] 238 Hist of Ch H / very scarce / 5/'. An inscription in brown ink across the upper edge is much faded, abraded and illegible.

Legal notes

Unknown

Acquisition and important dates

by unknown

Dating

18th Century
Production date: AD 1761

Note

Height 217mm (cut to platemark) x width 155mm (cut to platemark)

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14823-R
Primary reference Number: 225432

Audit data

Created: Wednesday 5 September 2018 Updated: Monday 7 January 2019

Associated departments & institutions

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

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