Doctor Rust Epicurean Professor in the University of Cambridge Portrait of Samuel Peck
Printmaker:
Sharp, Christopher
Designer:
attributed to
Draughtsman:
Sharp, Christopher
(After)
Painter:
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(After)
Etching on laid paper. Head and shoulders of a large, rotund gentleman with deep shadow in the place of his eyes. He wears a powdered wig and a mortarboard with academic gown and bands. Scratched onto the plate below the image: 'Doctor Rust / Epicurean Professor in the / University of C---e'. The lettering has been annotated in graphite thus: 'Sam: Peck [Doctor Rust] Trin: Coll / [Epicurean Professor in the] / [University of C]ambridg[e] / Ch: Sharp del & sc Camb:'. P.14862-R is another impression without the graphite annotations and which has a visible platemark.
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Height 82mm (cut to platemark) x width 71mm (cut to platemark)
Accession number: P.14861-R
Primary reference Number: 225471
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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