Portrait of Christopher Sharp
Printmaker:
Sharp, Christopher
Draughtsman:
Orde, Thomas
(After)
Etching and stipple on paper. Head and shoulders portrait of a man in profile facing right. He wears a short wig with thick curls at the base and a plain coat and collar. Inscription in pen and ink below the platemark at lower centre: 'Sharpe the Turner of Cambridge who etched this & several other portraits'. Late proof of the same plate as seen in P.14840-R and P.14841-R, with all areas, including the background, highly worked.
Unknown
by unknown
18th Century
Circa
1737
-
Circa
1797
Height 87mm (plate) x width 65mm (plate); height 115mm (sheet) x width 97mm (sheet)
Accession number: P.14839-R
Primary reference Number: 225448
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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