Portrait of Jacob Butler
Printmaker:
Tyson, Michael
Draughtsman:
Tyson, Michael
(After)
Etching on india paper. Proof before letters. Portrait of local Cambridge barrister, Jacob Butler (1681-1765), half-length in profile to the right, with shoulder-length hair and wearing a wide-brimmed tricorn hat pulled down low and Judicial bands. Two books are stacked on a ledge to the right. Within a border. There are etching needle marks on the plate in the upper margin. The india paper is laid down on a sheet of cream, laid paper, which prevents reading of the handwritten inscriptions on the verso. This etching relates in reverse to a pen and ink drawing of Butler by Tyson (see DRAWING). P.14847-R does not reproduce all the details of the drawing, such as the open third book or the disingenous 'Rembrant' signature and date. An impression at the British Museum, 1850,0810.60, bears an inscription indicating that the etching was made by Tyson from a private plate, i.e. not widely published.
Unknown
by unknown
18th Century
Circa
1759
-
Circa
1775
Height 195mm (plate) x width 175mm (plate); height 215mm (sheet) x width 185mm (sheet)
Accession number: P.14847-R
Primary reference Number: 225456
O'Donaghue: 1
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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