Rural Amusement William Henry Ebenezer Pattisson (1801-32) and Jacob Howell Pattisson (1803-74)
Printmaker:
Bromley, John Charles
Printer:
Lahee, James
Publisher:
Colnaghi, Dominic
Publisher:
Chaillou-Potrelle
Painter:
Lawrence, Thomas
(After)
After a double portrait by Sir Thomas Lawrence of the Masters Pattisson, William Henry Ebenezer (1801-1832) and his brother Jacob Howell (1803-1874), the sons of William Henry Pattisson (d.1848) of Witham House, Essex (1811-1817; exh. R.A. 1817, no. 44; National Trust, Polesden Lacey, NT1246452, bought in 1918). The two boys beside a stream seen on the right, the younger boy kneeling on the bank to the left with his arms around the neck of a donkey and looking out at the spectator. The older boy stands behind, pulling on the reins around the animal's head and looking to the left. The portrait was given the title Rural Amusement when it was reproduced as a mezzotint by Bromley.
History note: Probably presented in 1831, although not listed in the Museum's Donor Index. A struckthrough annotation in Nagler gives the reference/accession number '34.A.12', a Lord Fitzwilliam album with the title, 'Portraits and mixed subjects and landscapes' which contained '19 loose prints' of which the Bromley print was, according to the annotation in Nagler, 'no.17'. The prints which were loose inside this album were not original to it and had no connection to Lord Fitzwilliam or his print collection. See also P.14982-R, another Dominic Colnaghi acquired print which was once contained inside this album.
Given by Dominic Colnaghi, ?1831
Method of acquisition: Given (1831) by Colnaghi, Dominic
19th Century
Production date:
1831-01-01
AD 1831
Mezzotint, printed in black ink. Fully lettered state with artists' names engraved in lowercase roman letters to left and right: 'Sir T Lawrence P.R.A. Pinx.t .... John Bromley Fecit'; title below in scrolling italics: 'Rural Amusement'; printer's name at lower right: ' Printed by I. Lahee'; publication details below: 'London Pub Jan.y 1st 1831 by Colnaghi Son & Co Printsellers to their Majesties Pall Mall East & by M Chaillou Rue S.t Honoré Paris / Deposé'. Inscribed in graphite in lower margins: 'Presented by Dominick Colnaghi Esq'. Graphite inscription at lower right: 'Master Patersons [sic] ?A/c'. Inscribed on the verso in graphite: '10 [encircled]'. See also P.9773-R, an impression of the plate before it was enlarged.
Accession number: P.14971-R
Primary reference Number: 240019
O'Donoghue: 1
Nagler (Künstler-Lexicon): 2 (p.148)
Garlick (Lawrence): 634
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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