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Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Esq. (Primary Title)

John Hall, English, 1739-1797 (Artist)
After, Joshua Reynolds, English, 1723 - 1792 (Artist)

1791
English
Works On Paper
Prints
engraving on chine collé on heavy wove paper
European Art
Sheet: 24 3/8 × 19 3/16 in. (61.91 × 48.74 cm)
Plate: 21 1/8 × 15 in. (53.66 × 38.1 cm)
Image: 19 5/8 × 13 7/8 in. (49.85 × 35.24 cm)
35.1.268
Not on view
Printed beneath image, lower left: "Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds."; lower right: "Engraved by Jn.o Hall, Engraver to his MAJESTY, 1791"; lower center: "London. Publish'd as the Act directs, April 30th 1791, by Jn.o Hall, No. 83 Berwick Street./ RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN ESQ." Inscribed in graphite in lower margin: "323a/4", "3498" and "Rare portrait of Sheridan/ eng. in 1791- after Reynolds-" Inscribed in graphite on verso: "A31868" and "Ex."
Bequest of John Barton Payne
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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