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S.E. Le Cardinal Manning [1st Plate]: P.68-1940

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

S.E. Le Cardinal Manning [1st Plate]
Henry Edward Manning, Archbishop of Westminster
43

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Legros, Alphonse

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Description

Portrait of the Archbishop of Westminster, three-quarter profile to right, half-length wearing a mozzetta (short, buttoned cape) and zucchetto (skull cap) and holding an open book.

Notes

History note: Bought from the John Charrington sale at Christie's, 1940-06-19, part of lot 174.

Legal notes

Given by Campbell Dodgson, August 1940

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1940-08) by Dodgson, Campbell

Dating

19th Century
1852 CE - 1877 CE

Note

Drypoint with light surface tone, printed in dark brown ink on heavy Japanese paper. 84 of an edition of the 100 made of this second state of three of the first plate. Dodgson additionally records an impression from the cancelled plate. Signed in brown ink by the artist in the margin at lower left: 'A Legros'. A partially erased inscription at lower left: '84' [encircled] and at lower right: 'N 84'.

School or Style

French

Techniques used in production

Drypoint

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.68-1940
Primary reference Number: 239992
Dodgson (Legros): 43.ii
Poulet-Malassis/Thibaudeau: 43.ii
O'Donoghue: 1
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Audit data

Created: Thursday 9 January 2020 Updated: Tuesday 19 January 2021 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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