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Portrait of Henry Malden, Clerk of King's College: P.14866-R

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Portrait of Henry Malden, Clerk of King's College

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Orde, Thomas

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Description

Etching and drypoint on paper. Three-quarter-length portrait of a middle-aged man, in profile facing right, natural hair curled into the nape of his neck. He wears a coat, holds a tri-cornered hat under his right arm and two large keys [to King's College Chapel] in his left hand. Etched onto the plate at lower left: 'T.O. f 1769'. Inscription in pen and ink below the print on the board onto which it is laid down: 'HENRY MALDEN, CLERK OF KING'S COLLEGE.'. Another inscription in graphite below: 'frontispiece to "An account of King's College Chapel". 1769'. The reference to Malden's publication, _An Account of King's College-Chapel in Cambridge (Embellished with a Plate of the Chapel: and a print of the Author executed by a Gentleman of the University) ..._, Fletcher and Hodson, Cambridge 1769, is erroneous, however, as a different version of this portrait, etched onto a different plate and without the hatched background, was published as the frontispiece. See BM: 1870,0514.1571.

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Unknown

Acquisition and important dates

by unknown

Dating

18th Century
Production date: AD 1769

Note

Height 112mm (cut within platemark) x width 86mm (cut within platemark)

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Drypoint
Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14866-R
Primary reference Number: 225476
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Audit data

Created: Wednesday 5 September 2018 Updated: Monday 7 January 2019 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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