Sir William Chambers, K.P.S.
Engraver
Valentine Green
(British, born Salford, England 1739-died London, England 1813)
ArtistAfter
Sir Joshua Reynolds
(English, born Plympton, England 1723-died London, England 1792)
Publisher
W. Richardson
(British, 1778-1812)
Date1780
Mediummezzotint
Dimensions
frame: 27 × 23 in. (68.6 × 58.4 cm)
sight: 18 7/8 × 14 7/8 in. (47.9 × 37.8 cm)
ClassificationPrint
Credit LineGift of Dr. Earle W. Newton
Object number2001.2.446
Descriptionportrait of seated man (Sir William Chambers) with short white coiffed hair, wearing dark jacket with ruffled cuffs, right hand lifting writing utensil toward face with left hand resting on architectural plans; body is facing left, head facing viewer, curtain in background opens slightly to outdoor scene on the left hand side; building in outdoors
Bottom under image: "Sir William Chambers, K.P.S., Treasurer of the Royal Academy, Member of the IMPERIAL ACADEMY of ARTS at Florence,"
Bottom under image: "Sir William Chambers, K.P.S., Treasurer of the Royal Academy, Member of the IMPERIAL ACADEMY of ARTS at Florence,"
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