Sir Thomas Herbert, baronet
Printmaker: Halfpenny, Joseph
Etching on paper. Height 170mm (plate) x width 130mm (plate); height 195mm (sheet) x width 151mm (sheet). A half-length portrait of Sir Thomas Herbert, baronet, in armour, directed towards the left and looking out over the viewer's left shoulder. His natural, dark hair is loose to his shoulders and he has a moustache. In the lower margin are scratched letters and a coat of arms: 'S.r Thomas Herbert Bar.t / Born in York 1605 [shield with crescent moon and three rampant lions with motto below: PAWBY.N.Y.ARVER] died there 1681 / From a Picture in the Possession of F. Smyth of Newbuilding Esq.r'. An inscription in black ink just inside the platemark at lower right: 'Sold by W.Richardson, 174 Strand'. An inscription in graphite below the platemark: 'Etched by Leon[a]rd Peckard'.
Unknown
by unknown
18th Century
Production date:
circa
AD 1781
O'Donoghue gives Joseph Halfpenny (1748-1811, a York-based draughtsman and etcher) as the printmaker. The reference to 'Leonard Peckard' originates with Bromley, who identifies the printmaker hesitantly as '(L. Peckard.)'. (_Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits_, 1793, p.127). The name 'L. Pickard' is inscribed in graphite on an impression of this print held in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, again most likely referencing Bromley. It is possible that Bromley’s ‘L. Peckard’ is a reference to Leonard Pickard, a name which may also be connected to the portrait etching of Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton after Zucchero which is listed in O'Donoghue (2) as engraved by 'L. Pickard', again following Bromley, where it is given hesitantly as '(L. Pickard.)' (Bromley, p.48). The British Museum has identified 'L. Pickard' in this case as a female engraver, 1790 fl., although correspondence from David Alexander in 2017 about this plate posits the creator, 'L. Pickard' as Leonard Pickard: 'The print could well be by Leonard Pickard, a layman who was Receiver general to the Archbishop of York, and who died in about 1801 [obituary of 27 July published in _The European Magazine, and London Review_, Volume 40, September 1801]. He had a large collection of prints which was auctioned by King in a week long sale which began on 10 May 1802.' An inscription by the print collector, Clayton Mordaunt Cracherode (1730-1799) on the verso of a (much darker) impression of this print by Halfpenny held in the collection of the British Museum gives a date of 1781. Ronald H. Fritze, ‘Herbert, Sir Thomas, first baronet (1606–1682)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/13049, accessed 8 May 2017]. William Richardson (1778-1812 fl.) was one of the leading London specialists dealing in portrait prints and published facsimiles of rare early British portraits. His premises were located at 174, Strand between 1783 and 1785.
Accession number: P.14825-R
Primary reference Number: 225434
O'Donaghue: 1
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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