Thomas Gaisford, Dean of Christ Church: P.14969-R

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Thomas Gaisford, Dean of Christ Church

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Atkinson, Thomas Lewis
Publisher: Ryman, James
Painter: Pickersgill, Henry William (After)

Entities

Description

After the portait by Henry William Pickersgill, R.A. (1782-1875), (exh. R.A. 1847; Christ Church College, University of Oxford). Gaisford was Dean of Christ Church, Oxford from 1831 until his death in 1855. Half-length, seated in robes and looking out at the spectator. Holds a mortarboard in his right hand and wears a folding lorgnette on a ribbon around his neck.

Notes

History note: Given in 1913 with one other print, Sarah Duchess of Somerset, engraved by George Vertue.

Legal notes

Given by Sir John Sandys, 21 August 1913

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1913-08-21) by Sandys, John, Sir

Dating

19th Century
Production date: 1848-06-01 AD 1848

Note

Mezzotint and aquatint. Proof after letters with title scratched and in open letters. Engraved at lower left: 'Painted by H.W. Pickersgill, Esq.re R.A.'; at lower centre: 'Published June 1-1849 by J. Ryman, 24 High Street, Oxford'; at lower right: 'Engraved by T.L. Atkinson'. Title scratched in open letters at lower centre: 'T. GAISFORD, D.D. / Dean of Ch Ch'. 'PROOF' engraved within the platemark below the title at lower left. Acquisition information written in a curatorial hand in graphite in the margins at lower right: 'Presented by Sir John Sandys / 21 Aug 1913'. Inscribed in graphite on the verso: '47' and a price: '1.1.-' [£1, 1 shilling, or a guinea]. The donor of this print, Sir John Sandys, was a classical scholar whose largest work was, A History of Classical Scholarship (3 vols., 1903-8). The entry for Gaisford is contained in the third volume, which covers the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Aquatint
Mezzotint

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14969-R
Primary reference Number: 240017
Nagler (Künstler-Lexicon): 11 (p.280)
Chaloner Smith: undescribed
O'Donoghue: undescribed
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